Want to work with us?
I am always on the outlook for enthusiastic and hard working people including undergraduate honours students, graduate students (MSc and PhD), and postdoctoral fellows. For graduate students, external funding is not necessarily a prerequisite but certainly helps; please be aware of the relevant deadlines and contact me ahead of time. I don't currently have funding to support postdoctoral fellows on my own grants, but would of course welcome inquiries from those with their own funding and there are a limited number of funding opportunities within uOttawa for outstanding candidates. Although uOttawa is a bilingual institution (French and English), knowledge of French is not required to work in my lab, nor is it necessary for full participant in all aspects of the graduate program (or postdoctoral research).
If you're interested in the possibility of joining my lab, please email me and include a copy of your CV, including one/two (undergraduate/graduate applicants respectively) academic references with contact information, along with a brief statement of your research interests and an explanation of why you contacted me in particular. Please also include a copy of your transcripts (unofficial is fine). In an attempt to reduce the effects of varying amounts of guidance students receive in how to go about finding a gradate supervisor, I provide the documents below. The advice in the first is very important to maximizing your chances (and may save you money too!), and the latter is a detailed explanation of how to apply to uOttawa graduate studies in Biology. I strongly recommend that your review the first prior to contacting me. 'Form letters/emails', for example, go straight into the trash bin and are thus a waste of your time.
Additional information for prospective graduate students
I am always on the outlook for enthusiastic and hard working people including undergraduate honours students, graduate students (MSc and PhD), and postdoctoral fellows. For graduate students, external funding is not necessarily a prerequisite but certainly helps; please be aware of the relevant deadlines and contact me ahead of time. I don't currently have funding to support postdoctoral fellows on my own grants, but would of course welcome inquiries from those with their own funding and there are a limited number of funding opportunities within uOttawa for outstanding candidates. Although uOttawa is a bilingual institution (French and English), knowledge of French is not required to work in my lab, nor is it necessary for full participant in all aspects of the graduate program (or postdoctoral research).
If you're interested in the possibility of joining my lab, please email me and include a copy of your CV, including one/two (undergraduate/graduate applicants respectively) academic references with contact information, along with a brief statement of your research interests and an explanation of why you contacted me in particular. Please also include a copy of your transcripts (unofficial is fine). In an attempt to reduce the effects of varying amounts of guidance students receive in how to go about finding a gradate supervisor, I provide the documents below. The advice in the first is very important to maximizing your chances (and may save you money too!), and the latter is a detailed explanation of how to apply to uOttawa graduate studies in Biology. I strongly recommend that your review the first prior to contacting me. 'Form letters/emails', for example, go straight into the trash bin and are thus a waste of your time.
Additional information for prospective graduate students
- More advice on applying to work with me can be found in this document
- Detailed information about the graduate school application process at uOttawa: Grad applications demistfied
Ottawa and uOttawa Biology
Ottawa is a safe and beautiful G8 capital that bats above its weight culturally, with many of the top museums and galleries in the country. The French influence makes for a vibrant atmosphere with great food and drink. The lack of heavy industry, the beauty of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers, the quaintness of the canal, and the proximity of the Gatineau Hills, all combine to make it a great place to live. The cost of living is reasonable and although winters are cold, if you embrace all they have to offer, including skating on the canal (I commute that way), Winterlude, and amazing cross-country skiing in the Gatineau Hills, it can become a favoured time of the year. The summers are also warm!
The Department of Biology at uOttawa has a strong group of ecologists and evolutionary biologists and provides a dynamic and supportive research environment. Financial support in the form of automatic tuition scholarships are also provided to Canadian students with good grades.
Check out these uOttawa links for more information:
Ottawa is a safe and beautiful G8 capital that bats above its weight culturally, with many of the top museums and galleries in the country. The French influence makes for a vibrant atmosphere with great food and drink. The lack of heavy industry, the beauty of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers, the quaintness of the canal, and the proximity of the Gatineau Hills, all combine to make it a great place to live. The cost of living is reasonable and although winters are cold, if you embrace all they have to offer, including skating on the canal (I commute that way), Winterlude, and amazing cross-country skiing in the Gatineau Hills, it can become a favoured time of the year. The summers are also warm!
The Department of Biology at uOttawa has a strong group of ecologists and evolutionary biologists and provides a dynamic and supportive research environment. Financial support in the form of automatic tuition scholarships are also provided to Canadian students with good grades.
Check out these uOttawa links for more information:
