[Coral-List] PhD OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

Dr Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty m.rodriguez-lanetty at uq.edu.au
Thu Oct 18 19:42:55 EDT 2007


The Marine Symbiosis Laboratory in the Department of Biology at the 
University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) is offering two fully 
funded PhD fellowships to start from September 2008 and to work in the 
areas of 1) Functional Genomics of Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbioses, 
and 2) Molecular Ecology of Symbiotic Dinoflagellates.

The Biology Department at ULL consists of about 30 faculty members, 
more than 75 graduate students and 7 full-time support staff members 
and emphasizes interdisciplinary research in the fields of 
Environmental and Evolutionary Biology.
Facilities include the Microscopy Center, well equipped research 
laboratories, a nucleic acid analysis facility, aquatic laboratories, 
Herbarium, zoological collections, and a shop maintained by a full-
time technician. The new 50-acre Center for Ecology and Environmental 
Technology (CEET) located about 6 miles from the main campus provides 
additional research opportunities. The LUMCON Marine Laboratory in 
Cocodrie, Louisiana provides vehicles and small boats for field 
research and large marine research vessels. The National Wetland 
Research Center in the UL Lafayette Research Park provides additional 
research opportunities. For additional information about the 
Department of Biology at ULL, please visit the website at 
http://biology.louisiana.edu/

Interested applicants for these PhD fellowships should contact Dr. 
Rodriguez-Lanetty (m.rodriguez-lanetty at uq.edu.au) before 31st of 
October 2007.


Dr. Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
Assistant Professor

Address:(from August 2008)
The Marine Symbiosis Laboratory
Department of Biology
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
PO Box 42451, Lafayette, LA 70504

Current Address (until August 2008)
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Centre for Marine Studies
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, QLD 4072
Australia

Office: 61-7-33653378
Fax:    61-7-33654755

Rodriguez-lanetty webpage: 
http://www.coralcoe.org.au/research/rodriguezlanetty.html
http://profiles.bacs.uq.edu.au/Mauricio.Rodriguez-Lanetty.html




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