Graduate Opportunities in EEB at Houston

Posted 20 January 2010 by Reed A. Cartwright

Last summer, I began working as a postdoc at the University of Houston. I was initially unsure about the move, but I am pleasantly surprised with the city and the university. There is a strong, core group in ecology and evolutionary biology here. Thus I pass on this student recruitment letter, with the mention that if you attend school here, you will get to hang out with Prof. Steve Steve.

The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston (UH) welcomes applications for its graduate program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology for Fall 2010. The following faculty in the area of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology are seeking graduate students for their labs: Blaine Cole (bcole@uh.edu) --- Evolution and social behavior Dan Graur (dgraur@uh.edu) --- Theoretical molecular evolution Diane Wiernasz (dwiernasz@uh.edu) --- Ecological genetics George Fox (fox@uh.edu) --- Experimental evolution and origin of life Gregg Roman (gwroman@uh.edu) --- Evolution of behavior Rebecca Zufall (rzufall@uh.edu) --- Genome and molecular evolution Ricardo Azevedo (razevedo@uh.edu) --- Evolution Steve Pennings (spennings@uh.edu) --- Community ecology Tim Cooper (tcooper@central.uh.edu) --- Experimental evolution Tony Frankino (wafranki@central.uh.edu) --- Evolution of complex traits Yuriy Fofanov (yfofanov@bioinfo.uh.edu) --- Evolutionary bioinformatics For more information regarding the Evolutionary Biology and Ecology graduate program at UH see: http://www.uh.edu/admissions/graduate/ http://www.bchs.uh.edu/graduate/ http://www.bchs.uh.edu/about/research-divisions/ecology-and-evolution/ The deadline for application of prospective students is April 1st, 2010, but students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

7 Comments

Henry J · 20 January 2010

So the Texas education system is evolving?

Henry J

OgreMkV · 20 January 2010

Crap and I just moved to Austin. Dang.

BTW: In spite of what you might have heard about Texas education, the colleges and universities aren't like that. They are very good schools.

The problems are with the k-12 school boards... and most of the people here are too stupid to realize they are being lied too.

stevaroni · 20 January 2010

OgreMkV said: Crap and I just moved to Austin. Dang.

Weird. That makes about 5 people who post here from Austin. And here I figured I was the only one in all of Texas.

BTW: In spite of what you might have heard about Texas education, the colleges and universities aren't like that. They are very good schools. The problems are with the k-12 school boards... and most of the people here are too stupid to realize they are being lied too.

Yeah, but we still do a pretty crappy job on higher education here in Texas. The Austin-American Statesman pointed out the other day that Texas has 3 level-1 universities. California, with about about a quarter more people, has 30.

Shebardigan · 20 January 2010

stevaroni said: Weird. That makes about 5 people who post here from Austin. And here I figured I was the only one in all of Texas.

Here's another one, sending out feeble bleats from Collin County, TX, where your vote only counts in the Republican primary (to the extent that it counts at all), and where nearly every City Council, School Board or other public deliberative body regularly puts big muddy footprints all over Amendment I of the Constitution.

TexasSkeptic · 22 January 2010

Marginally OT:

The Texas Republican candidates for governor will be debating Jan 29. As of now, they include Rick "I appointed McClendon" Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and Debra Medina. TV station KHOU's web site has a slot that allows TX citizens to submit questions to the candidates. I sent the following:

Do you believe there is any scientific (not political, religious or personal) controversy regarding the Theory of Evolution? If so, do you plan to stack the Texas State Board of Education with persons who share that belief, and make Texas, like Kansas from 1999-2006, and Dover, Pennsylvania in 2005, a laughingstock for the scientifically literate worldwide?

Will the question be asked of the candidates? I hope so, but I doubt it. Their answers would be revealing. Anyway, I lit a candle, now I'll curse the darkness.

Almeta Bilson · 18 February 2010

Anyone claiming that European trend socialism is not a goal of the current left wing in America is either clueless to the point of stupidity or an unconditional prevaricator. Socialism is a system that attempts to put both industry and money dominance subordinate to a focal office for "fair" or "equitable" dispersion under central planners. When the administration buy a major stake in GM, that IS Socialism! When the regime seeks to command the Health Care system, that IS Socialism! When the government hands billions to Wall Street to distribute their danger throughout the whole population, that IS Socialism!

Just Bob · 19 February 2010

Almeta Bilson said: Anyone claiming that European trend socialism is not a goal of the current left wing in America is either clueless to the point of stupidity or an unconditional prevaricator. Socialism is a system that attempts to put both industry and money dominance subordinate to a focal office for "fair" or "equitable" dispersion under central planners. When the administration buy a major stake in GM, that IS Socialism! When the regime seeks to command the Health Care system, that IS Socialism! When the government hands billions to Wall Street to distribute their danger throughout the whole population, that IS Socialism!

If your alternative is Limbaugh, Beck, Coulter--or Boehner, DeMint, and Inhofe, then yes, color me socialist! Did this have something to do with graduate programs at UH, or are you just a spamslinger?