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The Department of Biological Sciences offers an interactive environment for training graduate students in Ecology and
Evolution. In addition to our dynamic group of faculty, our graduate
program offers a number of less tangible features that can strongly influence the training of scientists:
- We have a highly interactive group of faculty and students. Opportunities
for informal discussions and socialization between graduate students and faculty
abound at weekly meetings of the E & E Journal Club
and our Ecology and Evolution Seminar,
the monthly Pittsburgh EcoForum Eminent Biologist Lecture
Series, as well as other informal journal clubs. By limiting the graduate program
to a select group of students, our program offers a low graduate student to faculty
ratio which ensures students one-on-one interaction with all members of their
dissertation committees, as well as with scientists in the Ecology and Evolution
community at large.
- Facilities useful for members of the Ecology and Evolution group include a
modern greenhouse complex,
growth chambers for conducting controlled environment experiments, a molecular ecology laboratory,
GIS equipment, a microscopy and
imaging facility, and an animal care facility.
In addition, we are a member of the Organization of Tropical Studies and the
Three Rivers Consortium for the Environment.
- Our campus facilities are greatly enhanced by the laboratories, field sites
and research facilities at our department’s field station,
The Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology.
In the summer months, the vibrant community of Ecologists and Evolutionary biologists from
our university is joined by faulty and students from many other institutions.
Scientists conducting research and/or teaching at PLE come from both
regional and national universities and colleges. Finally, PLE’s Summer
Seminar Series and Summer Courses attract high caliber scientists and
students from other institutions, thus providing a large network of intellectual
resources for our graduate students.
- We are imbedded in a matrix of like-minded Institutions within the
Pittsburgh community including, The Carnegie Museum of Science, The
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, The National Aviary, The
West Penn Conservancy, The Pittsburgh Zoo, and others. Thus,
graduate students in the Ecology and Evolution Program may draw on
the wealth of expertise in ecology, conservation and biodiversity afforded
by this rich local community.
- The size and interactive nature of our graduate program fosters close working relationships between our students and their mentors; this interaction is best served when the students and their mentors begin their association before the student has been admitted to the program. This process ensures that the student has found the best possible mentor for her/his graduate career. Therefore,
it is highly recommended that you establish a dialog with a potential graduate advisor in Ecology or Evolution
during the application process.
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