The lab I work in at the University of Illinois has recently acquired funding for several graduate student positions. If you are considering a career in taxonomy, genomics, phylogenetics, biodiversity, tropical ecology, or parasitoid wasps, click here for information about the positions.
Ponder the following: you'd get your graduate degree from one of the finest entomology institutions in the world. Plus, it's paid for. And, if you choose the Heterospilus project, you'll get the rare honor of working with, um, me.
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wait, can i be a postdoc AND a grad student?
Do you think the boss would notice?
Regrettably, I'm past that stage of my education (by over 40 years), but that last perq sounds like it'd be worth going back to predoc-dom for. :)