Two Graduate Student Positions Available
Two positions are available in Harvard University’s Doctoral program of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) for exceptional pre-doctoral students interested in marine microbial physiology. Our laboratory focuses on the ecological physiology of uncultivable marine microbes, in particular their role in mediating carbon and nitrogen cycling at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. One project focuses on studying the physiology and ecology of anaerobic methane oxidation, both in the field and in the laboratory. The other project focuses on microbial biofilm formation on microbial fuel cells, with the goal of understanding the physiological capacities of dominant microbial phylotypes as well as their role in power production.
We work closely with several prominent laboratories both in the US and abroad, and participate in two or three oceanographic expeditions each year. Harvard’s OEB doctoral program covers the full cost of tuition and provides a generous stipend and research budget for five years. For more information, please visit Harvard University’s Organismic and Evolutionary Biology website or contact Dr. Peter Girguis.
NOTE: While we are seeking graduate students to those projects outlined above, we are involved in other areas of research including animal-microbial symbioses. As such, we are always interested exceptional students with other research interests, so please do not hesitate to send us a brief biography and your CV.
