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Undergraduate research is a vital part of one's educational experience.  In addition to personal satisfaction, students gain academic motivation, develop critical thinking abilities, learn problem solving skills, enhance communication proficiency, and increase their scientific understanding.

I am always looking for dedicated and hard-working graduate students to conduct research in my lab.  I am not, however, looking for students who take a leisurely approach to graduate school or have outside jobs beyond the teaching assistantship offered though the Department of Biological Sciences.  To be successful in my lab, students must have strong quantitative skills, intellectual curiosity, ability to work independently, and self-motivation.  , ...  Successful graduate students spend much of their spare time reading scientific literature