Published: Jan. 13, 2015

GEORGIA TECH will be hosting 10 undergraduate researchers this summer  in their REU program focused in Aquatic Chemical Ecology. 

The program website is http://www.biology.gatech.edu/reu/
including program details, application process, and contact information.

The application deadline is February 15, 2015.  The full-time, 10-week program will start May 24 and run until July 31.  Participants will receive a stipend of $5000 plus accommodations with kitchen facilities in university housing, and help with travel expenses to and from Atlanta.

Students can go to the website to get more information and to apply.  Any U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program is eligible, unless they have already been part of an NSF-REU program in Ocean Sciences or unless they will graduate before this summer.  They are particularly interested in increasing their proportion of minority students and in reaching students at non-PhD granting universities.       

Their research theme of Aquatic Chemical Ecology is broadly interpreted.  They have 3 core areas of research for students to choose from: Biological and geochemical transformations of chemicals in aquatic ecosystems; Sensory biology and ecology of aquatic chemical communication; Ecological roles and consequences of chemicals in aquatic environments.  This program is an excellent choice for undergraduates majoring in any field of biology, chemistry, earth/ocean science, civil engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, and related bioengineering areas who want to apply their classroom learning to an interdisciplinary research environment to solve complex scientific problems and learn about the importance of chemically-mediated processes.   

www.hammerlab.biology.gatech.edu