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CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

Prospective graduate students:

Unfortunately, I am currently unable to accept new graduate students. If you are interested in discussing existing opportunities for other forms of collaboration, please feel free to contact me.

Images on this page show just a sample of techniques my research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign took advantage of to collect field data.

Ground surveys

UIUC is a highly collaborative community and a true research hub. Equipment, great facilities, and a wealth of expertise are available to support interdisciplinary graduate projects.

If you are potentially interested in working with me please contact me via email well ahead of the application deadline. I will be more than happy to discuss ideas, funding opportunities, and answer any questions you may have. I welcome queries that are related to my current research projects but I am also open to new ideas, as long as they fall into the broad area of my interests.

You will find lots of useful information about our graduate programs here:

Graduate Programs - Department of Geography and GIS (GGIS)

GGIS Graduate Student Handbook

Graduate Programs - Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (PEEC)

PEEC Graduate Student Handbook

I look forward to hearing from you!

Undergraduate students (UIUC):

I am looking for undergraduate research assistants to participate in our research projects.

If you are interested in acquiring valuable, hands-on experience in environmental research by working closely with our team please do not hesitate to contact me. Funding in the form of scholarships may be available for summer field work (e.g. our annual field work in the Pacific Northwest) as well as for projects focused on data analysis (mostly GIS and remote sensing) during the academic year.

Background in geography, geology, biology/ecology, environmental science, forestry, natural resources or engineering is an asset but not required. I seek students with diverse skills and interests: field and lab research, GIS, remote sensing, modeling, etc.