Interested in joining the Alaska Rivers Lab?
Thanks for your interest! I am always happy to talk to prospective students, postdocs, and colleagues about research opportunities with the lab. As specific opportunities become available I will post them below. I encourage you to read about my research and mentoring philosophy to see if your interests align with mine.
If you're interested in the work we do but don't see any opportunities listed, do not be deterred--feel free to contact me anyway!
If you're interested in the work we do but don't see any opportunities listed, do not be deterred--feel free to contact me anyway!
Working in the Lab
I am an employee of the USGS Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit ("the coop unit"). My mission through the coop unit is to do research and provide graduate mentoring opportunities, and to serve the research needs of state and federal partners (AK Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, etc.) This includes graduating students who will go on to work with and for those federal partners, although that is not the end-all-be-all of what student in the lab will go on to do.
If you work in the lab, odds are you will be an employee of the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology. I can advise graduate students through the Department of Fisheries or the Department of Biology and Wildlife. These each have their own degree programs and requirements, for both MS and PhD. Generally students in the coop unit are supported on Research Assistantships (RAs), although limited Teaching Assistantships (TAs) may also be available.
If you work in the lab, odds are you will be an employee of the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology. I can advise graduate students through the Department of Fisheries or the Department of Biology and Wildlife. These each have their own degree programs and requirements, for both MS and PhD. Generally students in the coop unit are supported on Research Assistantships (RAs), although limited Teaching Assistantships (TAs) may also be available.
Life in Fairbanks
 Outside my office at UAF.
Life in Alaska in general, and Fairbanks in particular, is different if you're coming from the lower 48. I view these as an unending series of positives and negatives: You will see moose, most likely on campus. Sometimes they get in the way of doors and you have to go out the back. It will get very cold and very dark, but you'll also see some amazing auroras (northern lights). Then summer comes and by July you'll forget the sun ever sets. You may end up living in a dry cabin with no running water, but right outside your office you'll have access to world-class ski trails. UAF pays a competitive wage to its staff and students, but living in Alaska is also very expensive. If you drive a car, you'll learn what an oil pan heater is and why you need one. If you ride a bike, you'll learn about fat tires.
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I strongly encourage prospective students to talk to me as well as to current students to get a feel for what life up here is really like. It's a wonderful place to live for some, but can be miserable for others. I want to be sure before you start that you're confident you'll be in the first category!
Outside my front door.
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Opportunities!
Nothing specific at the moment. Feel free to reach out anyway!
