Opportunities to Join SEPL
We currently are currently seeking graduate students, postdocs, and lab techs. Please inquire about available options!
Who should apply and what to expect
SEPL is an interdisciplinary lab that thrives from incorporating researchers from different backgrounds and disciplines. We seek to create a community of scientists with complementary backgrounds that will be mutually informative. Students or scientists with interests and skills in any of the following may find a good fit with the lab:
- Ecology
- Evolutionary biology
- Paleontology
- Conservation biology
- Geology or earth sciences
- Biogeography
- Spatial or landscape ecology
- Computational sciences-- especially those interested in spatial modeling & model development
How to apply
The first step is making contact. Email Jenny. Please include a brief description of your background and research interests.
Research opportunities
Graduate students and postdocs in SEPL are interested in the following areas:
- Range shift dynamics in response to environmental change
- Interactions between landscape and organismal dynamics
- Effects of changing climates on intraspecific variation
- Other relevant spatial ecology, conservation, &/or paleoecological topics
Some specific projects include the following:
- Microfauna paleoecology of Natural Trap Cave, WY
- Occupancy modeling in the paleontological record
All students and postdocs are encouraged to write individual fellowships. If you you are interested in teaming with the lab to target an such an opportunity, please contact me.
Affiliated academic programs
Professor McGuire can formally advise graduate students in the following programs:
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
- Quantitative Biosciences Program
Undergraduates from any discipline are welcome if their interests align with the lab and they are eager to contribute.
Tools & resources available
- High performance computing through PACE
- Integrated stereomicroscope with camera/computer
- White light surface scanner
- Digitization stations
- Macrophotography station
- On-campus micro-CT
- Opportunities for radiocarbon dating experience (through partnerships with Lawrence Livermore National Labs)
- Casting/molding station
- Field equipment for mammal trapping and paleontological research
- Screen washing station
- Dermestid colony
- A growing collection of comparative specimens + several regional museums:
- *coming soon* Fossil prep station (w. airscribes!)