[Physiology][Biology] MSc/PhD (Clemson University, USA)

Clemson University: M.S. or Ph.D. Positions in Comparative Muscle Physiology, Functional Morphology and/or Biomechanics

Applications are invited from prospective graduate students with research interests in comparative muscle physiology, functional morphology, and/or biomechanics. Students would begin graduate work in August of 2009. The Higham lab uses a comparative approach (using lizards, fishes and birds) to explore a variety of questions related to locomotion and prey capture in vertebrates (see my web page for specific projects). Opportunities exist for aquatic and terrestrial field work in Dominica and/or Vancouver Island, but are not limited to these places. Some techniques that are employed include sonomicrometry, electromyography, high-speed video, digital particle image velocimetry, immunohistochemistry, and comparative phylogenetic methods.

Students should be highly motivated and wish to pursue their own independent projects, although the projects should fall under the general themes of the lab. Support will be in the form of research assistantships (funding provided by Tim Higham) and teaching assistantships.

Clemson University, located in beautiful upstate South Carolina, is close to the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The city of Clemson is a small college town (approximately 29,000 people with students) located on Lake Hartwell.

For more information, please visit my web page www.clemson.edu/biosci/faculty/higham/