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PHD STUDENT FELLOWSHIPSECOLOGICAL GENETICS OF INVASIVE SPECIES

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Graduate Student Fellowships are available starting in Fall 2008 tostudy the ecological genetics of invasive species, including plantpathogens. Fellowships offer a highly competitive stipend as well asfunds for research and travel.

The University of Georgia has received a Partnerships forInternational Research and Education (PIRE) grant from the NationalScience Foundation to support research on the genetics and ecology ofinvasive plant and pathogen species exchanged between thesoutheastern US and China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Successfulapplicants will develop research projects that will study thepopulation genetics, ecology and/or demography of invasive speciesthat are native to the southeastern US and to China. A significantproportion of each student's research project must be conducted inChina in collaboration with Chinese research scientists.  Studentswill receive training in Chinese language and culture as well asappropriate biology courses.

Students can work with any senior personnel on the UGA-PIRE program(see list below and athttp://www.genetics.uga.edu/pire/people_senior_US.html). Studentsshould contact a prospective major adviser directly and apply throughthat department. For additional information concerning theapplication process, interested students should refer to our website(http://www.genetics.uga.edu/pire/).

Questions? Contact Dr. Rodney Mauricio, UGA-PIRE Program Director,via email (mauricio@uga.edu).

Current List of Senior Personnel on the UGA PIRE:

Michael Arnold (Department of Genetics, University of Georgia)Jeff Bennetzen (Department of Genetics, University of Georgia)John Burke (Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia)Donald Champagne (Department of Entomology, University of Georgia)Shu-Mei Chang (Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia)G. Keith Douce (Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton)John Drake (Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia)Qinfeng Guo (Research Ecologist, USDA-Southern Research Station)James Hamrick (Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia)Paul Hendrix (Professor of Ecology, University of Georgia)Lissa Leege (Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University)John Maerz (Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Universityof Georgia)Rodney Mauricio (Department of Genetics, University of Georgia)Richard Meagher (Department of Genetics, University of Georgia)Karin Myhre (Department of Comparative Literature, University of Georgia)Andrew Paterson (Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences, PlantBiology, and Genetics, University of Georgia)Harald Scherm (Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia)William Vencill (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia)Ronald Walcott (Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia)John Wares (Assistant Professor of Genetics, University of Georgia)Susan Wessler (Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia)Lorne Wolfe (Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University)

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Rodney Mauricio, Ph.D.Department of Genetics   Phone: (706) 542-1417University of Georgia   FAX: (706) 542-3910Athens, GA  30602-7223   e-mail: mauricio@uga.edu

Lab Web Page: http://www.genetics.uga.edu/mauriciolabPIRE Grant Web Page: http://www.genetics.uga.edu/pireEvolution at UGA: http://www.genetics.uga.edu/evolution

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