To prospective students

Graduate students admitted to the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience or Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) are eligible to have FeverLab as their home laboratory. I also accept visiting Ph.D. students (with a full or partial fellowship from their home institution). The lab's current and recent Ph.D. students include: Tatiane B. Nucci (Arizona State University) and Samuel P. Wanner (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil); see the People page. Currently, the lab has two highly qualified, full-time research assistants: Daniela Oliveira and Eszter Pakai. Dani and Eszter are true magicians and provide substantial technical help for Ph.D. students.

You may consider visiting FeverLab for a brief tour or – even better – for a short-term (a few months?) trial. Sometimes short-term trial work can be supported by FeverLab. Please contact me if interested.

How to be a graduate student? Good advice can be found in two companion papers: "Some modest advice for graduate students" by Stephen C. Stearns and "Reply to Stearns: Some acynical advice for graduate students" by Raymond B. Huey. Both are posted on Huey’s webpage. I recommend reading both.

The FeverLab also accepts undergraduate students for summer and high school students to work throughout the year. Summer students are typically taken as a trial for a long-term arrangement or for executing a specific project. University of Arizona students can apply through the Undergraduate Biology Research Program. High school students from the greater Phoenix area should apply through St. Joseph’s High School Student Research Volunteer Program. The lab’s current and recent undergraduate and high school students include Shreya Patel, Jennifer Pan, and Justin Eales; see the People page.

When you are not in the lab… Here is a sampling of Arizona and Phoenix area attractions.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum | Desert Botanical Garden | Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West | Grand Canyon | Kartchner Caverns | Petrified Forest and Painted Desert | Phoenix Art Museum | The Musical Instrument Museum | Phoenix Symphony

Phoenix also offers unique opportunities for hiking inside the city limits. Check some of the many wonderful trails!

Phoenix parks and preserves | Hike Arizona | Arizona Central hiking guide