[Pollinator] FW: graduate student positions

[Kelly Rourke]

The USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect Research Unit in Logan, Utah is currently
recruiting graduate students for both M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs at Utah
State University.  The PIRU is a national leader in pollinator research
focused on native and managed bees.  Located on the Utah State University
campus in beautiful northern Utah, the lab offers opportunities for
students to study a variety of topics related to pollinators in addition to
the high quality of life that comes with living in the mountains of Utah.
Research assistantships are available to qualified applicants and
applicants are encouraged to contact the bee lab with questions.



*Research Topics of Interest*



·         Laboratory and field studies to improve the management of non-
*Apis* bees.

·         Bee pathology including the interaction of honey bees and native
bees and the dynamics of pathogen spread as influenced by parasites,
nutrition and sublethal pesticide exposure.

·         Development of models that explain and/or predict pollinator
declines.

·         Alfalfa leafcutting bee and blue orchard bee sustainability:
environmental impacts, lethal and sublethal pesticide effects, parasite
biology and control.

·         Bumble bee biology, reproduction, foraging, and crop pollination
efficacy.

·         Bee taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, and population genetics.







*Send inquiries to: Michelle Covert, 435-797-2524;
Michelle.Covert at ars.usda.gov <Michelle.Covert at ars.usda.gov>*





Kelly Rourke

Program Associate

Pollinator Partnership

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San Francisco, CA 94111

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