We invite you to join us for a virtual Open House for Graduate programs in Natural Sciences at WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY VANCOUVER on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 3-4 PM Pacific Time. We have current opportunities for M.S. and Ph.D. graduate assistantships in Environmental Science, Biology, Plant Biology, Molecular Biosciences, Mathematics, and Neuroscience. Faculty, current graduate students and staff will be available to answer questions and provide more information. Please join us on Zoom at Zoom ID 968 8356 5434, Passcode 152312. Please note that you need to have a Zoom account on your computer to join us. (If you have questions about Zoom, please refer to this guide on Joining WSU Zoom Meetings before trying to join the meeting). https://cas.vancouver.wsu.edu/science-graduate-programs
A few highlights of a faculty currently recruiting students to give you a taste of the diversity across our programs:
Seth Rudman seeks applicants interested in using genomic data, host-microbiome interactions, and rapid evolution to understand how populations respond to challenging environmental conditions. The lab uses a range of approaches and tools such as genomic sequencing of outdoor manipulative field experiments and large-scales survey of coastal lakes to determine the heritability of fish gut microbiomes to improve outcomes for local salmon hatcheries.
A team of faculty at WSU Vancouver including John Harrison, Gretchen Rollwagen Bollens and Steve Bollens, is part of a collaborative interdisciplinary team between ecologists, economists, and engineers at WSU with newly funded research focused on understanding linkages between water management and aquatic ecosystem function in freshwater reservoirs. Students at WSU Vancouver embark on research on focused on understanding and predicting methane emissions from lakes and reservoirs, harmful algal blooms and aquatic invasive species.
The Conservation Biology lab, Cheryl Schultz leads, works to address fundamental ecological questions to recover at-risk butterflies in Pacific Northwest Prairies. Current work includes western monarch, Oregon silverspot, Fender’s blue and Puget blue. We are seeking a new student with interest in combining field and quantitative ecology to join us to work on newly funded work with Oregon silverspot butterfly in coastal Oregon.
Cynthia Cooper is exploring albinism in zebrafish as a model system. The Zebrafish Pigment Cell Biology laboratory is seeking students interested in pigment cell disorders, single cell RNA sequencing and bioinformatics.
Bala Krishnamoorthy works on theoretical and applied problems from algebraic topology, geometric measure theory, optimization, and machine learning. He collaborates with orthopedic surgeons, biologists, physical chemists, agronomists, criminologists, electrical engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians. He is recruiting students who are keen on combining theoretical, computational, and applied aspects of Mathematics within his research areas
Our faculty recognize many students face financial barriers which prevent them from pursuing a graduate degree. To partially alleviate this obstacle, WSU Vancouver graduate assistantships include health insurance, tuition waivers and stipends.
Additionally, WSU Vancouver highly encourages scholars from underrepresented populations to apply and offers fellowship opportunities for students who identify as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander and women in STEM.
WSU Vancouver is an inclusive, innovative, non-residential research university dedicated to offering premier undergraduate and graduate educational and research experiences. Situated on 351 scenic acres in southwest Washington state, WSU Vancouver is in the homeland of the Chinookan and Taidnapam peoples and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.
Part of the Portland, Oregon, metro area, Vancouver offers a wealth of social justice, cultural, and recreational interests, including identity-specific community events, visual and performing arts, professional sports teams, farmers markets, and nature trails. In addition to its celebrated high quality of life, the Pacific Northwest boasts a rich atmosphere for scientific collaboration, with opportunities at numerous medical, environmental, research and teaching institutions throughout the region.