If you are interested in the research that my lab undertakes, or have ideas of your own that are related to our research, please send me a copy of your CV and a letter describing your interests. Our aim is to support your research interests. As part of a large research group, there is ample opportunity to learn new skills and to interact and collaborate with other enthusiastic students and scientists. At this point in time I can only take students who have some sort of external scholarship support (e.g. NSERC, NSF), or who qualify for our own internal departmental scholarship, which is based on a high cumulative GPA.
Undergraduate Honours Positions
I anticipate having one or two positions available each year for Undergraduate Honours Thesis students (e.g. BIOL/MARI 4901, 4902). Ideally, thesis projects would involve some field data collection and lab work, but may involve analysis of pre-existing datasets. Ultimately, most projects will have a focus on the physiological underpinning of life-history variation, in either fish or birds, and will usually involve telemetry and behavioural data. Honours projects are a great introduction to research, to what life would be like in graduate school, and to what science is like as a career. I also make every effort to provide thesis projects that could be published as a peer-reviewed scientific paper (click here for example). Having your thesis published as a journal paper is great for your CV and bolsters your application to graduate schools.
Undergraduate Honours Positions
I anticipate having one or two positions available each year for Undergraduate Honours Thesis students (e.g. BIOL/MARI 4901, 4902). Ideally, thesis projects would involve some field data collection and lab work, but may involve analysis of pre-existing datasets. Ultimately, most projects will have a focus on the physiological underpinning of life-history variation, in either fish or birds, and will usually involve telemetry and behavioural data. Honours projects are a great introduction to research, to what life would be like in graduate school, and to what science is like as a career. I also make every effort to provide thesis projects that could be published as a peer-reviewed scientific paper (click here for example). Having your thesis published as a journal paper is great for your CV and bolsters your application to graduate schools.
