I am always interested in working with people who are excited to investigate ecological and evolutionary puzzles using a combination of theory, experiments, and mathematical models.

New members should feel comfortable working both independently and collaboratively as part of a large and diverse team. Our lab values conviviality and we strive to create a welcoming and supportive community where folks from diverse backgrounds, interests, and experiences can have fun working together to exchange ideas, creativity, and knowledge in order to solve key ecological, evolutionary, and epidemiological puzzles. Science often requires creativity, perseverance, resilience, a sense of humor, and constantly expanding your worldview; diversity and kindness are crucial to fostering these traits.

Enhancing diversity in the STEM fields is crucial to fostering the next generation of critical thinkers and informed citizens and especially crucial to developing solutions to public health, environmental, and social challenges. I am deeply committed to promoting diversity in the sciences and I have taken on leadership roles that promote research and engagement opportunities for groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. As a lab, members will be expected to actively pursue programs focused on fostering diversity and inclusivity - as a teachers, mentors, and members of the broader community.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Have a strong background in research (bench-, vet-, clinical-, data- or math-based)? Interested in joining the lab? Great! To start, peruse some recent papers from the lab and scan the Department of Pathobiological Sciences and The School of Veterinary Medicine, Comparative Biomedical Sciences Program., or the Integrative Biology Program. Then, email and briefly describe your main research experiences, the types of questions you’d like to pursue in grad school (aim for broad ideas here), and how these interests and goals align with the lab (and please include your CV).

There are multiple options for funding Ph.D. work in the lab. To hone your interests and maximize your independence, graduate students are encouraged to apply for graduate fellowships (e.g., The NIH NRSA, The NSF GRFP, the Ford Foundation, and the DOE).

If you are interested in joining via the School of Veterinary Medicine, we should begin working together on a grant for the Fall of 2023.

Please look over the resources below and identify a grant that you are eligible for, and email me with a brief (~ 150 words) idea for your grant.

The following resource lists several other funding options as well as useful info. on professional development, and writing.

• The Hall lab’s resource page for graduate students

• UW-Madison Graduate School: info. on NSF GRFP, UW-Madison Fellowships

POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS & FELLOWS

Postdoctoral scholars and other fellows interested in working with or in the group are very welcome. I am excited to work together on funding opportunities (e.g., NIH K awards, NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology, The Simon’s Foundation, USDA NIFA, James S. McDonnell Foundation). Contact me via email with your CV (including references), your research background, why specifically you’d like to join the lab, and a synopsis of your idea(s) for a fellowship proposal.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS

We often have several opportunities for undergraduate students to join the lab during the semester and/or in the summer. Depending on the specific project, you may be able to receive research credit for your research. If you are interested in joining the lab, email me to see what positions are available and tell me about yourself, your major and career goal(s), any specific research or class experiences that you think would serve you well in the lab, and why you are interested in working with us (and please include your CV). Never emailed about joining a lab? No worries! Here’s a helpful guide that walks you through it - and here, specifically on crafting that initial email.

Sorry, we are not accepting 152 students at this time.