To prospective graduate students:

Here is a link to the GDPE page on getting into graduate school. There is some great advice under 'finding an advisor.'

My approach to advising:
I believe that an extremely important part of graduate school is learning to define interesting and feasible questions. I will lead masters level students through this process, but I encourage PhD students to find topics of their own that excite them rather than handing them a previously defined research project. Masters students will usually collaborate with me on a project while PhD students can either collaborate with me or branch out on their own depending on overlap of interests, and levels of experience, and funding. We have lab meeting once each week to discuss papers, bounce around research ideas, and plan out ongoing projects.

Graduate school is hard work. It can be lots of fun, too, don't get me wrong. But the pay is pretty low, and the hours are long. It is more than a full-time job. To get through and do a good job, you have to love science and really crave an answer to the particular question you settle on. I put a lot of energy into my students and my lab, and I expect my students to put their all into graduate school. Funding for graduate students is tight. As grants come in, I will advertise research assistantships here. Other possibilities include applying for fellowships (e.g. NSF and EPA). If you have excellent grades, you may be eligible for university support through TAships and RAships.I can accept students either through the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management or through the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. CSU is a fantastic place for ecology of all sorts, and my brand of evolutionary ecology in particular. Fort Collins is a fun town close to good hiking and skiing. Here are a few CSU and Fort Collins links:

Graduate School at Colorado State University
CSU Department of Biology
Program for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Statistics, and Ecology (PRIMES)
The City of Fort Collins
Ft. Collins Chamber of Commerce

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