Help us understand the microbial majority

Whether you’re an undergraduate, a prospective graduate student or a postdoc - we are always willing to discuss the possibility of having you on our team!  We embrace individuals from diverse backgrounds along with their experiences and ideas. Read our current version (Jan ‘22) of lab expectations for more details.

Current opportunities

No Current openings

UNdergraduate students

We periodically offer positions for pay or for course credit and do not accept volunteers. When we have open positions, we’ll post the position as a job ad in our UnCultured blog. Please subscribe to be aware of these opportunities.

graduate students

Admission to our lab is dependent on a number of factors, the primary one being our financial stability. There are limited opportunities for teaching assistantships as a graduate student, which means most admission decisions will depend on whether we have money to support you. You can help by bringing your own funding, though this alone does not guarantee admission. As a student in our lab, you will be encouraged to apply for external funding.

Currently, we are accepting students through several departments. Many of our research themes fit very well with Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology (BMCB), the Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program (GIDP), and the Ecosystem Genomics GIDP. For both BMCB and the Genetics GIDP, apply through the Arizona Biological and Biomedical Science (ABBS) program. First year rotations are an option for accepted ABBS students. We occasionally accept students through the Department of Environmental Science, the School of Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences, and the School of Plant Sciences. If you are unclear on where to apply, look at their respective course requirements and see what fits your interests best.

Postdoctoral researchers

When we have funded openings for Postdoctoral researchers, we post them on this page and to our UnCultured blog. Please subscribe to keep on top of these opportunities. If you wish to seek your own independent funding to join us, please send a short summary of the proposed research and the funder (and any deadlines I need to be aware of).