GRADUATE STUDY IN EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
The University of Arizona has a strong group of faculty in evolutionary
genetics in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the
Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics. We invite applications for
graduate study from students interested in all aspects of evolution and
genetics, including molecular evolution, population genetics, and
quantitative genetics. Our faculty have interests spanning theoretical and
experimental approaches; microorganisms, animals, and plants; evolutionary
mechanisms and evolutionary history. We interact with an
outstanding group of colleagues in ecology, organismal biology, and
molecular biology. Doctoral students are supported for five years of
graduate study through research and teaching assistantships, and
fellowships from the NSF, The University of Arizona, and local foundations.
Many of our faculty and students conduct research in the neotropics and in
local habitats ranging from the Gulf of California to the Sonoran desert
and adjacent mountain ranges. For further information please see the EEB
web page at http://eebweb.arizona.edu/ and the Genetics web page at
http://eebweb.arizona.edu/Genet/Genweb/. For application materials contact
Joan Zokvic, Graduate Secretary, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, Biological Sciences West, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721,
or Karen Hill, Administrative Assistant, Genetics Program, Biological
Sciences West, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Prospective
graduate students are also encouraged to contact faculty members directly.
Faculty include:
Bill Birky -- evolutionary mechanisms; evolution of organelle genes and
asexual organisms -- birky at u.arizona.edu
Mike Hammer -- molecular population genetics, Y chromosome, hominoid
evolution -- mhammer at u.arizona.edu
John Jaenike -- host-parasite interactions, X chromosome drive and
intragenomic conflict -- arrives Fall 1998; until then send e-mail c/o
dcmartin at u.arizona.edu
Margaret Kidwell -- molecular evolution of transposable elements --
kidwell at u.arizona.edu
Wayne Maddison -- phylogenetic methods and their application to
evolutionary history and mechanisms -- wmaddisn at u.arizona.edu
Teri Markow -- ecological and behavioral genetics of Drosophila,
speciation, mating system evolution, human genetics -- arrives Fall 1998;
until then send e-mail c/o dcmartin at u.arizona.edu
Rick Michod -- theoretical population biology; levels of selection, sex and
individuality -- michod at u.arizona.edu
Nancy Moran -- molecular evolution, endosymbiotic bacteria, insect
evolution -- nmoran at u.arizona.edu
Michael Nachman -- population genetics and genetics of speciation --
nachman at ut.arizona.edu
Howard Ochman -- molecular evolution of bacterial genes and genomes,
evolution of virulence -- hochman at u.arizona.edu
Bruce Walsh -- theoretical population genetics, quantitative genetics,
molecular evolution, genome evolution -- jbwalsh at u.arizona.edu
C. William Birky, Jr.
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Chairman, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics
Biological Sciences West
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85745
office phone: 520-626-6513
lab phone: 520-626-5108
fax: 520-621-9190
e-mail: birky at u.arizona.edu
