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NSF-IGERT Doctoral Program
At Texas A&M University
The Applied Biodiversity Science Program at Texas A&M trains doctoral students from the natural and social sciences in applied, interdisciplinary
research to address conservation issues in Latin America.
The vision of the Applied Biodiversity Science Program is to integrate
biodiversity research and on-the-ground conservation practices.
Three pillars of Applied Biodiversity Science:
1.Research in natural and social sciences;
2.Research and collaboration with conservation institutions and actors in the field;
3.Application of conservation theory to practice.
Research teams of students and faculty collaborate with international partners in one of four regions of Latin America.
Research teams develop complementary dissertations related to two themes: •Ecological Functions and Biodiversity•Communities and Governance
ABS Doctoral Program
• Interdisciplinary graduate curriculum
• Seminar series and journal club
• Internships at host country institutions
ABS Doctoral Program
• Amazon field school
• Annual research conference
• Cross-cultural leadership training
ABS Doctoral Program
• NSF-IGERT Traineeships available
• $30,000 plus $10,500 toward cost of education
• Support for field research
To Apply…1. Review the ABS website 2. Contact associated faculty members
you would be interested in working with
3. Submit departmental application (deadlines vary)
4. Submit application for the NSF-IGERT Traineeship by the deadline.
See our website for more information
HTTP://BIODIVERSITY.TAMU.EDU
Dr. Kirk Winemiller
Dept. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Research Interests: Dynamics of fluvial and estuarine ecosystems; Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources; Trophic ecology and food web theory; Regulation of fish populations and community structure in rivers and steams.
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Mariana Mateos
Dept. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Research Interests: Host-symbiont evolution of Drosophila flies and their endosymbiotic bacteria; Phylogeography (particularly of Mexico); Evolution of asexual fish.
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Thomas E. Lacher, Jr.
Dept. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Research Interests: Biodiversity monitoring; Global patterns of biodiversity (mammals); Conservation planning and prioritization; Tropical ecology and conservation; Long-term trends in biodiversity indicators
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Jane Packard
Dept. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Research Interests: Communities surrounding protected areas and species; Transboundary conservation (Mexico/USA); Engaging communities in biodiversity inventory; Network analysis
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Luis Hurtado
Dept. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Research Interests: Population and conservation genetics; Molecular systematics; Genomics; Evolution; Phylogeography of Gulf of Mexico & Gulf of CaliforniaEmail: [email protected]
Dr. Amanda Stronza
Dept. Recreation, Parks & Tourism
Research Interests: Environmental anthropology; Political ecology; Community-based conservation, Ecotourism; Tourism and ethnicity; Protected areas in the tropics; Participatory research
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Michael Alvard
Department of Anthropology
Research Interests: Evolutionary approaches to human behavior; Cooperation; Subsistence strategies; Culture; Fishing cultures in Dominica.
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Christian Brannstrom
Department of Geography
Research Interests: Nature-Society relations, in particular the historical geography of environment and resource management in Brazil and Latin America
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Andrew Millington
Department of GeographyResearch Interests: Deforestation and forest fragmentation; Remote sensing; Land use/cover change impacts on ecology/conservation in tropics/sub tropics; Coca cultivation and biodiversity in Latin America; Development, woodland change and biodiversity in the Chaco. Email: [email protected]
Dr. Wendy Jepson
Department of Geography
Research Interests: Water and land resources; Political ecology; Environmental governance; US-Mexico Border and Mexico; Institutions.
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Will Heyman
Department of Geography
Research Interests: Marine ecosystem conservation and management; Physical-biological coupling; Ecology of reef fishes
Email: [email protected]
See our website for more information
HTTP://BIODIVERSITY.TAMU.EDU
