Opportunities
Prospective Honours, MSc, or PhD students are encouraged to contact me ([email protected]) to discuss possibilities for research in my lab group. I often have positions available. Opportunities exist for local and international field work. New Brunswick has a diverse range of marine, estuarine, and freshwater habitats that make it an ideal location to study aquatic ecophysiology. UNB Saint John is part of the Canadian Rivers Institute and the Huntsman Marine Sciences Centre is nearby, enhancing research possibilities. The Department of Biological Sciences at UNB Saint John is a collegial, dynamic, and research-intensive group with an emphasis on marine biology. The department has great facilities for research on interdisciplinary aquatic biology. Saint John is a vibrant port city with a historical core, great nightlife and restaurants, and access to wilderness and the ocean on its doorstep.
Graduate students
To discuss the possibility of joining my lab for a MSc or PhD, please send me an email. It is helpful to include in your e-mail a brief description of your research interests and to attach a CV and unofficial transcripts. Generous top-ups are available for graduate students with scholarships.
Undergraduate students
I am supportive of involving undergraduates in research in my lab. Undergraduate involvement can be either: Honours thesis work for UNB credit, a summer NSERC Undergraduate Student Research position (USRA), a work study position (if funding is available), or as a volunteer. USRA and work study undergraduates assist with on-going projects in lab and field, and will be encouraged to develop an independent research project. Honours students will focus on carrying out an independent project under the supervision of myself and graduate students. The outcome we will aim for is a level of involvement that will result in co-authorship on a published scientific paper. Volunteer undergraduates will be primarily involved in assisting on-going research but I am open to discussing possibilities for independent research.
Postdoctoral fellows
I am always interested to hear about possible research ideas from prospective postdoctoral fellows. In Canada, we have a good funding climate but the size of grants usually is not large enough to fully fund a postdoctoral salary, so the applicant will likely need to obtain their own funding (e.g., NSERC).
Some recommended reading for prospective graduate students to consider in their search for a position:
To discuss the possibility of joining my lab for a MSc or PhD, please send me an email. It is helpful to include in your e-mail a brief description of your research interests and to attach a CV and unofficial transcripts. Generous top-ups are available for graduate students with scholarships.
Undergraduate students
I am supportive of involving undergraduates in research in my lab. Undergraduate involvement can be either: Honours thesis work for UNB credit, a summer NSERC Undergraduate Student Research position (USRA), a work study position (if funding is available), or as a volunteer. USRA and work study undergraduates assist with on-going projects in lab and field, and will be encouraged to develop an independent research project. Honours students will focus on carrying out an independent project under the supervision of myself and graduate students. The outcome we will aim for is a level of involvement that will result in co-authorship on a published scientific paper. Volunteer undergraduates will be primarily involved in assisting on-going research but I am open to discussing possibilities for independent research.
Postdoctoral fellows
I am always interested to hear about possible research ideas from prospective postdoctoral fellows. In Canada, we have a good funding climate but the size of grants usually is not large enough to fully fund a postdoctoral salary, so the applicant will likely need to obtain their own funding (e.g., NSERC).
Some recommended reading for prospective graduate students to consider in their search for a position:
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