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Muth Lab as of Spring 2025 (theme was meant to be ‘floral’!)

Undergraduates

If you are interested in joining the lab, please download this form, fill it out and email it to me. The lab is currently full for Fall 2025, but I expect there will be more openings come Winter 2025 or Spring 2026.

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.

PhD funding: Funding is provided through a combination of GRAs (i.e. grants I have that fund students to work on specific topic areas) and teaching assistantships (‘TAs’). In addition, the UC Davis graduate groups provide some funding to support students (this varies by graduate group; see links above for more info about each one). At an absolute minimum, I guarantee funding for graduate students for 5 summers of their Phd. In addition, I encourage students to apply to independent fellowships - I will help brainstorm ideas and provide feedback on these. Possible fellowships include:

  • The NSF GRFP (US citizens only; deadline usually in November)carn

  • The Simon’s Foundation (no citizenship requirements; deadline usually in July - need to apply early!)

  • Switzer foundation (environmental problem-solving; US citizens/ permanent residents; 1-year fellowship; opens late October)

  • PEO scholars (US citizens/ permanent residents; women-only; within 2 years of graduating from PhD; nomination in Aug and Nov)

  • Repository to search for fellowship opportunities. Also, if you are not from the US, many countries have initiatives for students to study internationally.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEarchers

I am always open to discussions around mentoring postdocs on independent fellowships. For example: