Biology research and other academic opportunities available through Texas State University.
Dr. Susan Schwinning
Undergraduate students wanted to conduct cryogenic water extraction from plant and soil samples, to perform other lab procedures in plant material processing and occasionally help graduate students with their projects. Cryogenic vacuum extraction is a method to remove water quantitatively from a sample. This is done by heating the sample under vacuum pressure (this lowers the boiling point) in a closed system and capturing the water vapor in a cold trap using liquid nitrogen. This method is widely used to prepare samples for stable isotope analysis of 2H and 18O in water. In plant biology, we can use the stable isotope ratio of hydrogen and oxygen in water to deduce the depth of plant water uptake.
If you are interested, please contact Dr. Susan Schwinning by email. If accepted, your pay will be $11 per hour, you are expected to work at least 10 hours per week. Among the perks are a desk in the Supple Science building and learning about plant ecophysiology through first-hand experience. Please note opportunities for future graduate students as described on the lab website. A lab assistant job is a great way to get prepared for graduate research.
Lab webpage
If you are interested, please contact Dr. Susan Schwinning by email. If accepted, your pay will be $11 per hour, you are expected to work at least 10 hours per week. Among the perks are a desk in the Supple Science building and learning about plant ecophysiology through first-hand experience. Please note opportunities for future graduate students as described on the lab website. A lab assistant job is a great way to get prepared for graduate research.
Lab webpage
Land, Water, & Wildlife Expeditions
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A new program at Texas Wildlife Association called, "Land, Water, & Wildlife Expeditions." These expeditions will engage youth ages 11-17 and a parent/guardian on a 1-to-3-day non-consumptive outdoor experience on private land. Each expedition will be centered around a different theme such as ornithology and birding, water ecology and angler education, photography in nature, and more. These experiences will be facilitated by a group of trained mentors, volunteers, and natural resource experts to introduce participants to the outdoors and the world of conservation and land stewardship. We will be hosting our inaugural Expeditions Mentor Training April 30 and May 1. The following is a glance at the curriculum for the Mentor Training:
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Dr. Jason Martina
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Research in the Martina Lab incorporates many elements of plant ecology, invasion ecology and ecosystem ecology to study global change in wetlands and grasslands. We use field, laboratory, and computational modeling techniques to test hypotheses concerning some of the most important drivers of global change, such as biological invasion, nitrogen deposition and climate change.
If you are interesting in joining our lab please send me an email at jpmartina@txstate.edu and include a description of your research interests and a current CV/resume. |
