Diversity and inclusion are more than just words for us. These are central in guiding how we come together as a research team, cultivate excellence, and go forth into the world to share our discoveries and our love of our work. If this sounds good to you, then please inquire about joining the lab!
PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS
I am recruiting two or three graduate students to start Fall 2020. Would you like to work on behavior and/or morphology in the field or in the laboratory? If yes, please email me a statement including 1) the kinds of research questions that you would like to pursue, 2) how these fit in with current lab research and priorities below, and 3) a brief overview of your previous academic and research experiences. Include a copy of your CV or resume, your GRE scores (if you have them), and an unofficial transcript. Students in my lab are routinely funded through research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and University of Florida Graduate Student Fellowships. I encourage students to send me these letters of interest as soon as possible. I will sort through applications and hold interviews before students apply to the UF Graduate Program (to save students some time and money).
Email me at cwmiller@ufl.edu. I am currently going through applications, so write to me sooner rather than later.
Research priorities in these next few years:
I am looking for one student to investigate how weapons are constructed, how their structure is influenced by their environment, and how that may influence fighting behavior. This work will be in collaboration with Prof. Walter Federle at the University of Cambridge and/or David Labonte at Imperial College, London.
I am looking for multiple students to follow up on some of our recent breakthroughs on weapons-testes and leg-ovaries trade-offs. Check out recent papers, Miller et al. 2019 and Joseph et al. 2018.
I am looking for a student to investigate the role of phenotypic plasticity in the processes of biological invasion. This work would use invasive leaf-footed bugs, such as Leptoglossus zonatus.
Please do contact me even if your research interests are a little outside these areas. Would you like to start an experimental evolution study? Sounds great! Fascinated by autotomy? We have several more projects planned in this area (see our publication list for recent findings). Would you like to work at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama doing fieldwork? Let me know what you would like to do there, and how that fits with the other lab research. I'm open to hearing your ideas, and I'll let you know if I think we might be able to make it work.
Email me at cwmiller@ufl.edu. I am currently going through applications, so write to me sooner rather than later.
Research priorities in these next few years:
I am looking for one student to investigate how weapons are constructed, how their structure is influenced by their environment, and how that may influence fighting behavior. This work will be in collaboration with Prof. Walter Federle at the University of Cambridge and/or David Labonte at Imperial College, London.
I am looking for multiple students to follow up on some of our recent breakthroughs on weapons-testes and leg-ovaries trade-offs. Check out recent papers, Miller et al. 2019 and Joseph et al. 2018.
I am looking for a student to investigate the role of phenotypic plasticity in the processes of biological invasion. This work would use invasive leaf-footed bugs, such as Leptoglossus zonatus.
Please do contact me even if your research interests are a little outside these areas. Would you like to start an experimental evolution study? Sounds great! Fascinated by autotomy? We have several more projects planned in this area (see our publication list for recent findings). Would you like to work at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama doing fieldwork? Let me know what you would like to do there, and how that fits with the other lab research. I'm open to hearing your ideas, and I'll let you know if I think we might be able to make it work.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
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Undergraduate research positions are available for work on behavior, morphology, and evolution in the cactus bugs (Chelinidea vittiger and Narnia femorata) and many other related species. Much of this work is done in the greenhouse or the field at the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station (http://www.ordway.ufl.edu/). Academic credit is available. Many undergraduate students have achieved great success in the lab. For example, over seventeen undergraduate students have conducted research through the University Scholars Program, two have received the UF Howard Hughes Science for Life Awards, one student received the University-wide Journal of Undergraduate Research Best Paper Award for his independent project, and three students received the prestigious Turner Award that provides all-expense-paid trips to the national Animal Behavior Conferences to present their posters. We have high standards for our undergraduate researchers, and the sky is the limit in terms of undergraduate successes. This lab is a great place to start your scientific research career!
Successful applicants to our undergraduate research program are motiviated, hard-working, and inquisitive. Those applicants with previous work experience (in any kind of job) are favored. |
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