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Muth Lab as of Spring 2025 (theme was meant to be ‘floral’!)
Undergraduates
At the moment (Summer and Fall 2025), the lab is full in terms of undergraduate positions - but there will be more opportunities to work in the lab in the future, at which point they will be posted here.
[When these become available, you will download this form, fill it out and email it to me.]
graduate student applications
I am currently recruiting a graduate student to work on cognition in wild, native bees - for more information please see here.
In addition, I am always open to students wishing to work on any topic under the lab’s general areas of interest (see ‘What we do” page and publications). Research can be lab- and/or field-based. Students will be expected to develop their own projects within the framework of general lab interests. Support will be provided by a combination of research and teaching assistantships, which cover tuition and salary (including summer salary).
I can currently accept students through 3 of UC Davis’ graduate groups: Animal Behavior, Entomology and Population Biology - all of these groups have different deadlines and requirements so please refer to their websites.
If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in my lab, please fill out this form.
POSTDOCTORAL RESEarchers
I am always open to discussions around mentoring postdocs on independent fellowships. For example:
UC Davis-based fellowships:
For US citizens and permanent residents, the NSF postdoc fellowship.
For US and non US-citizens:
Smith Fellowship - conservation biology focus required
For EU citizens: Marie Curie Global postdoctoral fellowship.
Other postdoc fellowship funding resources: