Prospective
Students:
If you are
interested in applying to UNC graduate school, drop me a note HERE. If you are interested in plant ecology, conservation biology, and related topics, you may also wish to contact
several of my colleagues: Bob Peet (Department of
Biology and Chair, Ecology Curriculum), Charles Mitchell
(Department of
Biology), Alan Weakley
(Curator of the UNC Herbarium), Johnny Randall (Assistant Director for Conservation and
Natural Areas, North Carolina
Botanical Garden), and Aaron Moody (Department of
Geography), as well
as others associated with the Curriculum
in Ecology, the Department of Biology, and the Institute
of the Environment. Browse the
faculty and students in these programs (and on the web sites I’ve linked) to
get a sense of whether we are a good place for you.
You also
have a choice between applying to the Curriculum
in Ecology and Department of Biology. Both
are good choices and I’d be happy to discuss the differences between these
programs with you. The choice depends
also on who you are and where you are headed after graduate school. You may also wish to check out the North Carolina Botanical Garden and the UNC Herbarium (a unit of the Garden).
Speaking of
graduate school admission, I find this to be very much a matching process,
rather than one that is concerned only with past academic performance or
research experience. Can we give you
what you need to succeed in your chosen area and for your specific career
aspirations? Do you fit into the
research programs that are running here?
We can explore these questions by email, by phone, or in person—and a visit
to campus is often a great way to explore the potentials. We do hold graduate student weekends (usually
in February or March), but we also encourage students to visit on their
own—with those visits often starting in September and running into
February. Anyway, the place to start is
a conversation…
One terrific advantage to graduate school at UNC
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