An amazing, broad Master's opportunity...
Dear COAST faculty members,
Please share the message below from Dr. Ben Ruttenberg at Cal
Poly SLO with any potentially interested undergrads in your lab or
classes. Ben will be at WSN later this week and would be happy to
talk to any students interested in this opportunity!
Thanks,
Krista
Master's Student Opportunity at Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, CA to understand the impacts of parrotfish
corallivory in the Caribbean.
The Ruttenberg Lab at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (
http://www.marine.calpoly.edu/faculty/benjamin-ruttenberg)
has funding for a master's student to work on a project examining
the impacts of parrotfish corallivory in St. Croix, US Virgin
Islands. The student would be based in San Luis Obispo, CA, with
some travel to St. Croix required. The team also includes
collaborators based in Santa Barbara (UCSB and SB City College).
More information about the Cal Poly Biology Graduate Program is
available here:
http://bio.calpoly.edu/content/grad-degrees
The primary goals of the project are to understand the impacts
of parrotfish corallivory relative to the potential positive
indirect impacts of herbivory in St. Croix, including some
observational and experimental field work and analyses of video
data. There will also be opportunities to explore additional
questions of the student’s interest related to these issues.
Funding for the project includes in-state tuition and all costs
related to field work and travel; the student will be able to
obtain a stipend as a teaching assistant/lab instructor in the
Biology Department at Cal Poly.
This is a specific project, and therefore the ideal student
would have many/all of the following qualifications:
1. Research
dive certification and/or extensive dive experience, ideally in
the Caribbean.
2. Knowledge
of coral reef species, including fish (especially parrotfish),
corals and algae; ideally from the Caribbean.
3. Experience
managing students/assistants.
4. Minimum
3.0 undergraduate GPA (higher strongly preferred).
5. Experience/skills
with statistics and data analysis; experience with software
packages such as R preferred but not required.
6. Experience
conducting field work from and handling small boats; small boat
certification (e.g. MOCC or equivalent) preferred but not
required.
7. Availability
to participate in fieldwork in St. Croix during July/August 2017.
This is critical since we will be conducting a significant part of
the fieldwork during that timeframe.
8. CA
residency advantageous (but not required) since tuition funds only
cover in-state tuition (but out-of-state tuition waivers are
available for strong candidates)
Interested candidates should email Dr. Benjamin Ruttenberg with
a *brief* description of his/her qualifications, interest in the
Cal Poly MS program, and the project, as well as a short CV.
Please include GPA, GRE scores, diving certifications/experience
(i.e. number of research and total dives, AAUS certification,
etc), boating experience/certification (e.g. MOCC), data analysis
experience and skills, etc. Application deadline for Cal Poly is
Feb 1.
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Benjamin
Ruttenberg, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences Department
California Polytechnic State
University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0401
Office: 376 Fisher Hall
F2016
Office hours: M-W 1-3pm, T 3-4pm
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