systematics grad students wanted

[Morgan Vis]

Seeking students interested in pursuing graduate degrees (MS or PhD) in the 
research areas of Systematics & Biogeography of Algae.  In Fall 2004, I 
plan to take 1 or 2 new graduate students into my laboratory.

At present I have NSF funding to study the systematics and biogeography of 
the Batrachospermales (freshwater Rhodophyta). Students would be funded 
each year with ? research assistantship and ? teaching 
assistantship.  There are collecting trips planned to the Southern 
Hemisphere in which students will be encouraged to participate. The 
research is centered on building a robust molecular phylogeny of the 
Batrachospermales using at least rbcL and LSU gene data.

The Department of Environmental and Plant Biology offers a MS degree, which 
has at its core a broad training in plant sciences through course work. We 
also have a PhD program administered through the Department of Biological 
Sciences. In that program a student can follow either Ecology and 
Evolutionary Biology or a Molecular and Cell Biology track. For more 
information on admissions requirements, graduate programs and stipends, 
please see the departmental website at 
http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/grad/graduate.htm

If interested, please email me directly with your interest and resume.

Cheers, Morgan Vis

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Dr. Morgan L. Vis
Associate Professor
Environmental & Plant Biology
Ohio University  Athens OH  45701 USA
Phone 740 593-1134 Fax 740 593-1130
E-mail vis-chia at ohio.edu
Internet www.plantbio.ohiou.edu
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Be sure to check out the algae homepage (lots of algae images)
at  http://vis-pc.plantbio.ohiou.edu
& the latest Phycological Society of America information
at http://www.psaalgae.org
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