PHD STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS: ECOLOGICAL GENETICS OF INVASIVE SPECIES

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Graduate Student Fellowships are available starting in Fall 2008 to study the ecological genetics of
invasive species, including plant pathogens. Fellowships offer a highly competitive stipend as well
as funds for research and travel.

The University of Georgia has received a Partnerships for International Research and Education
(PIRE) grant from the National Science Foundation to support research on the genetics and ecology
of invasive plant and pathogen species exchanged between the southeastern US and China,
Taiwan and Hong Kong. Successful applicants will develop research projects that will study the
population genetics, ecology and/or demography of invasive species that are native to the
southeastern US and to China. A significant proportion of each student's research project must be
conducted in China in collaboration with Chinese research scientists. Students will receive
training in Chinese language and culture as well as appropriate biology courses.

Students can work with any senior personnel on the UGA-PIRE program (see list below and at
http://www.genetics.uga.edu/pire/people_senior_US.html). Students should contact a prospective
major adviser directly and apply through that department. For additional information concerning
the application process, interested students should refer to our website
(http://www.genetics.uga.edu/pire/).

Questions? Contact Dr. Rodney Mauricio, UGA-PIRE Program Director, via email
(mauricio@uga.edu).

Current List of Senior Personnel on the UGA PIRE:

Michael Arnold (Department of Genetics, University of Georgia)
Jeff Bennetzen (Department of Genetics, University of Georgia)
John Burke (Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia)
Donald Champagne (Department of Entomology, University of Georgia)
Shu-Mei Chang (Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia)
G. Keith Douce (Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton)
John Drake (Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia)
Qinfeng Guo (Research Ecologist, USDA-Southern Research Station)
James Hamrick (Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia)
Paul Hendrix (Professor of Ecology, University of Georgia)
Lissa Leege (Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University)
John Maerz (Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia)
Rodney Mauricio (Department of Genetics, University of Georgia)
Richard Meagher (Department of Genetics, University of Georgia)
Karin Myhre (Department of Comparative Literature, University of Georgia)
Andrew Paterson (Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences, Plant Biology, and Genetics, University
of Georgia)
Harald Scherm (Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia)
William Vencill (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia)
Ronald Walcott (Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia)
John Wares (Assistant Professor of Genetics, University of Georgia)
Susan Wessler (Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia)
Lorne Wolfe (Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University)