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Group Leader: Dr Michael Jennions

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Botany & Zoology @ ANU

 

Current Group
Michael Jennions
Jean Drayton(PhD student)
Brian Mautz (PhD Student)
Martin Edvardsson (Post-doc)
Megan Higgie (Visit. Fellow)
Fleur de Crespigny (Visit. Fellow)
Fredrick Hayes (Hons Student)
Richard Milner (Hons Student)
Katie Humphrey (Hons Student)
James Davies (Research Officer)
Recent Members
Clint Kelly
Bob Wong
J.E. (Kobus) Boeke
Leah Bala
Michelle Shackleton


External Collaborators

 

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School of Botany & Zoology
Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 0200,
Australia
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CONSIDERING HONOURS, A PhD OR A POST-DOC?

Here is basic information on becoming a member of the J Lab @ School of Botany & Zoology, ANU. Read first then, if you have questions, just email.  I've also made a site about living in Canberra and being at the ANU.

Honours Students:  If you want to do Honours  come and chat. I won't bite. I can help you design a research project.

PhD Students: 
You will be in the Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution & Systematics run by the College of Science. Australians or New Zealanders with a 1st class honours are guaranteed PhD funding (if you have a supervisor) by the ANU. Your fees are paid and you get $19 000+ a year (tax free) for 3 to 3.5 years. If you are a foreign student, you can apply for an IPRS scholarship. Unfortunately, these are incredibly competitive. You need a great track record (i.e. very high undergraduate marks). If you think you have one then contact me with your CV and grades. I'll give you my honest assessment. Another option is to look for funding in your own country. Many Latin American and Asian countries have overseas PhD schemes. Start looking.

Post-doctoral Fellows Please contact me directly. Before you do so, there are three thing:
   1. There are no ANU
post-doctoral fellowships. Unless you see an advert, I can't afford to hire you. You need to get your own money. Sorry.
   2.
Check out funding in your country. Many governments/benefactors fund overseas post-docs. They often encourage it. In Canada, NSERC provides funding for two years of post-doctoral study overseas. There are similar schemes run by the E.U. Off hand, I know of schemes run by the Swiss, Dutch, Swedes and Norwegians. Start looking and come to sunny Australia.
   3. Locally the main source of funding is the
Australian Research Council (ARC). Any nationality can apply for their 3 year Post-doctoral fellowships (APDs). These  come with, depending on your ranking, considerable research money that you control. You won't be your supervisor's lackey. You will be a free agent. The downside is that APDs are fiercely competed for. Our experience is that, unless you are very experiences in grant-writing, it is necessary to work closely with us if you are to have any chance of succeeding. Check out Discovery grants on the ARC website. As a rule of thumb, you need at least six publications before it is worth applying.

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