Graduate positions, Oregon, USA

The Department of Biology at Portland State University is seeking 
 
 graduate students to join a recently expanded focal area in ecology 
 
 and evolutionary biology. Our faculty have active and interrelated 
 
 research programs spanning all levels of biological organization, 
 
 including behavior, population biology, conservation, genetics, 
 
 systematics, and genomics. Research in this area is complemented by 
 
 departmental strengths in physiology, microbiology, and the biology 
 
 of extremophiles.
 
 
 
 Portland State University is located in downtown Portland and is the 
 
 largest university in Oregon. The location provides the benefits of 
 
 a livable, culturally rich urban center and easy access to the 
 
 natural diversity of the Cascades, Columbia River Gorge, and the 
 
 Oregon Coast. The University has a diverse and motivated student 
 
 body and is committed to sustainability and community outreach. 
 
 Research facilities in the Department include the PSU-Keck Genomics 
 
 Facility, Vertebrate Biology Museum, Herbarium, Aquatic Vertebrate 
 
 Facility, and additional Greenhouses slated for completion in 2006.
 
 
 
 Please visit our website (www.biology.pdx.edu) for more information 
 
 about the Department, faculty, graduate studies, and to submit an 
 
 online application.
 
 
 
 Faculty in ecology and evolutionary biology and their research 
 
 interests include:
 
 
 
 Mitch Cruzan
 
 cruzan@pdx.edu
 
 plant ecological genetics, invasive species, hybridization
 
 http://web.pdx.edu/~cruzan/
 
 
 
 Debbie Duffield
 
 duffieldd@pdx.edu
 
 population genetics, conservation biology
 
 http://www.biology.pdx.edu/faculty/duffield/duffield.html
 
 
 
 Sarah Eppley
 
 eppley@pdx.edu
 
 plant population ecology, breeding system evolution
 
 
 
 Suzanne Estes
 
 estess@pdx.edu
 
 genetics of adaptation, mutational effects
 
 http://www.biology.pdx.edu/faculty/estes/main.html
 
 
 
 Mark Fishbein
 
 mfish@pdx.edu
 
 plant systematics, pollination ecology, hybridization
 
 http://web.pdx.edu/~mfish
 
 
 
 Susan Masta
 
 smasta@pdx.edu
 
 genome evolution, speciation, arachnid evolution
 
 http://web.pdx.edu/~smasta
 
 
 
 Mike Murphy
 
 murphym@pdx.edu
 
 population ecology, behavior, vertebrate ecology
 
 http://www.biology.pdx.edu/faculty/murphy/murphy.html
 
 
 
 Radu Popa
 
 rpopa@pdx.edu
 
 microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, origin of life
 
 
 
 Anna-Louise Reysenbach
 
 reysenbacha@pdx.edu
 
 ecology and diversity of thermophiles
 
 http://airlab.pdx.edu
 
 
 
 Luis Ruedas
 
 ruedas@pdx.edu
 
 animal systematics and biogeography, community ecology, conservation 
 
 biology
 
 http://www.biology.pdx.edu/faculty/ruedas/ruedas.html
 
 
 
 --Mark Fishbein <mfish@pdx.edu>