Join the Dávalos Lab

The Dávalos Lab is open to motivated students at every level, from summer research experiences for High School students to fully-funded PhD in the E&E or IDPAS, and postdoctoral work for both domestic or domestic or international postdocs. Go to the Projects page to view current projects, or check out recent publications.

Eager to join the Dávalos Lab?

• A sharp and quick mind cannot take the place of hard work.
• Own your project, whether you have picked it from a range of projects available in the lab, or developed it over months of wrestling with the state of the art in ecology and evolution, it is yours to conduct.
• You will only succeed if your project motivates you enough that you can slog through the uncertainty and frustrations of scientific work.
• Your project answers questions that have not been asked before. You must have the determination to answer them.
• 95% of everything is showing up. Put in the time reading, working in the lab, analyzing data, etc. to be able to carry out your project.
  

High School and Undergraduate students:

• Investigate the publications and projects up and running in the lab, and find one research line that attracts you.
• Consider why you want to join a research lab. Your motivation must come from within.
  

Graduate students:

• Read this modest advice from Stephen C. Stearns, and then this reply from Ray Huey.
  

How to apply

• High school students, apply to the Simons or other programs
• Undergraduate students, apply to the Data + Computing = Discovery! REU
• Prospective Master students see this page.
• Prospective Doctoral researchers see this page, and if you’re into computational biology or environmental research, this IACS fellowship.
• How to apply to graduate school en español.
• Prospective Postdoctoral researchers apply to the IRACDA program, and if you’re into computational biology or environmental research, the IACS fellowship.