P.O. Box 2057
Lake Placid, Florida 33862 USA Phone: 863-465-2571
FAX: 863-699-1927
send
e-mail
  (top) Graduate student
Kim Brand (Univ. So. Fla.) prepares an electronic balance for measuring Florida scrub-jay
mass. (bottom) A scrub-jay grabs the bait, a peanut bit, and records its mass at the
balance. Digital photos by Chris Brand. |
Graduate Student Research
Graduate students first conducted research at Archbold Biological Station in the mid-1950s and since the mid-1960s graduate students have been an important part of the research program at Archbold and also at MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center (MAERC; founded in 1988). As of 2008, 147 graduate students (Master's 72, Ph.D. 75; including 8 Master's & 9 Ph.D. at MAERC) from 36 schools in the United States, and one each from Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Scotland, and Switzerland, have conducted graduate-degree research at Archbold/MAERC (see also Graduate Student Analysis at STABIB, the Station Bibliography). After graduation, some of these scientists (several are now Archbold Research Affiliates) continue their research at Archbold/MAERC and often bring their students for their graduate research.
Graduate student research at Archbold/MAERC includes: primarily behavior, ecology, evolution, and physiology of terrestrial vertebrates, arthropods, and higher plants; and a growing list in agro-ecology and limnology. To find a list of graduate theses search STABIB, advanced search, using "all non-indexed fields," for "Master's thesis" and/or "Ph.D. dissertation," and possibly coupled with "Cornell univ." or "univ. Florida" to narrow the search.
Graduate students often apply for Archbold support through the Research Internship Program. Staff biologists that are adjunct faculty at several Florida universities train their graduate students at Archbold/MAERC.
Home | Top | Index | Education
~