Information on this page is intended to provide a set of resources that will answer most of your questions about my current work and research interests. Lab research foci include questions about,
1) the design and monitoring of marine reserves, 2) integrating behavior and demography, and 3) estimating extinction risk. I train my graduate students broadly in the fields of conservation biology, population dynamics, modeling and environmental policy. Graduate students collaborate on joint projects or develop their own research. When a student is taken in our department there is a guarantee of 5 years of funding. This comes in the form of some fellowship support, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships from grant support. I strongly encourage anyone applying to the program to apply for an NSF graduate fellowship, and also consider the EPA STAR and Cannon Conservation Fellowships. If you are awarded one of these, you have three years of funding that you can use anywhere you decide to go to grad school.

Opportunities also exist for undergraduates to participate in on-going research in my lab. These opportunities can yield valuable experience and provide a taste of what it is like to do research. I invite advanced undergraduate students to synthesize and analyze ecological data, to lend a hand in the field, and to assist our efforts to develop practical solutions to conservation problems.

Additional resources

On Being a Successful Graduate Student by John N. Thompson

Postdoctoral Fellowships at NCEAS: The Inside Story
Summarized by Leah Gerber, Priyanga Amarasekare, and Cheryl Schultz