Dr. Richard Ostfield

Dr. Ostfield is a member of Rutgers as well as Cary faculty.

• Pulsed resources
• Biodiversity
• Community ecology
• Disease
• Biocontrols of Ticks

Link

 

Dr. Claus Holzapfel

Dr. Holzapfel is a member of Rutger’s facult.  His list of projects fall under the heading of:

Fusion ecology* is addressing precisely this formation of Novel Communities, consisting of species that never occurred together and are created through fast paced and relentless human impact.  The most central and basic question our lab is asking, is whether and how these novel communities are different from “old” communities that have been around for a longer time.  In this respect, we are searching for signs of common evolution within old communities that are absent in novel ones.  We are testing whether interactions between new neighbors are different from interactions among old neighbors.

Link

 

Dr. Julie Lockwood

Lockwood’s lab states that interests include:

Our research covers everything from the why and how of the transportation of non-native species to the post-invasion evolutionary changes that some invaders undergo.

There are some other topics in the lab’s research as well.

Lockwood is a faculty member of Rutgers University.

 

University of Connecticut

I reviewed the entirety of UConn’s Ecology faculty.  Nothing really appealed to me.  It was mostly long distance work, bats, and insects.

 

Biology Program at Syracuse University

General Information:

Location: Syracuse, NY.

Funding Information: Average stiped 08-09: $24,107.

Health Care: Information here.

Institution Code: 2823

Requirements:

Minimum Undergraduate GPA:

Minimum GRE Scores:

Application Package Checklist:

Application Fee:

Transcripts: 2 copies, sent to:

Graduate Admissions Processing
P.O. Box 35060
Syracuse University
Syracuse New York 13235-5060

Recommendations: 3 recommendations, sent in sealed envelopes to:

Graduate Admissions Processing
P.O. Box 35060
Syracuse University
Syracuse New York 13235-5060

Important Dates:

Fall/Summer/Spring Admissions: Fall only.

Application Due Date: Fall admission date February 1st.

Curriculum:

Thesis requirements:

Class requirements: 48 Credits

Oral exam: Yes, end of second year.

Written Exam: Yes, end of second year.

Class breakdown:

 

Dr. Jason Fridley

Dr. Fridley is a member of SU faculty.  He is primarily interested in:

• The dynamic geography of plant diversity: scaling diversity in space and time
• Ecosystem consequences of plant diversity: from genes to species
• Plant distributions & the environmental template: which factors and scales?
• Plant invasions: where and why do species invade?

His lab can be seen here.

 

Dr. Douglas Frank

Dr. Frank is a member of SU faculty, Ecology.  He is primarily interested in:

• Structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems,
• top-down vs bottom-up control of ecosystem dynamics,
• effects of grazing mammals on grasslands,
• relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function

Link

 

Dr. David Althoff

A faculty member of Syracuse University.  Interests seem to lie in and around insect-plant interactions.  Specifically, yucca-yucca moth.

Interests:

Our understanding of biodiversity requires research efforts at two levels: identifying the diversity of species on earth and studying the way these species interact to form communities and ecosystems. I focus on the interactions among plants, insect herbivores, and insect predators to test how communities are structured both in ecological and evolutionary time. I am also interested in how insect populations become differentiated from one another and form new species. My research incorporates molecular ecology, phylogenetics, and behavioral ecology, and takes me throughout the southwestern United States and Florida.

Link

 

Dr. David R. Foster

Dr. Foster lists his interests as:

• Plant ecology
• landscape dynamics
• conservation
• long-term studies of forest ecosystems.

Dr. Foster is a member of the OEB department at Harvard University.

 

The Format

This is the beginning of my graduate school search.  On here, I will be posting various schools, links to professors, interests; the application process, etc.