Undergraduate research opportunities at the UF Whitney Lab.

The Whitney lab is recruiting motivated undergraduates interested in learning about and gaining experience in applied biogeoscience.

Since it is too late to offer credit for this semester, students will have an opportunity fto gain applied research experience over the weekends. We want to have motivated undergraduates get involved and learn applied biogeoscience techniques through direct experience during the mornings and then have fun in the evenings fishing, snorkeling, and kayaking or just hanging out on the beach. During the evenings, guided eco-tours and short talks will be offered depending on availability. We are offering motivated undergraduates rooming on site in return for their participation during the mornings.

Over spring break we are also looking for interested undergraduates to come attend a short course on applied environmental science where they will be exposed to methods for analyzing soils, water, and collecting data in the morning and more fun beach-related activities during the evenings. The cost of rooming will be covered in return for their participation in the mornings.

We also are offering the opportunity to earn research credit through the Soil and Water Science Department will begin this summer. We will work with each student to create a schedule of learning and have them involved in applied research with the intensity of research and expected materials (reports, papers, etc.) based on the amount of credit they are completing the research for.

What we need are a short statement of interest (can be via email) and three professional references from any interested student.

Eron Raines
hmsbeagle@ufl.edu
PhD Student, Osborne Lab
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
9505 Ocean Shore Boulevard
St. Augustine, FL 32080-8610