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SIUC Center for Ecology
Overview
Ecology is the branch of biology that deals with organisms
in relation to their environment. The purpose of these pages
is to provide and allow communication among faculty, staff, and
students interested in ecology at Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, and to provide information for people outside the
university that might be interested in the activities of our
group. Ecologists at SIUC are spread across several departments
including, Anthropology, Forestry,
Geography, Geology,
Microbiology,
Plant Biology,
Plant, Soil &
Agricultural Systems, and Zoology
in three colleges (Science,
Agricultural
Sciences, Liberal Arts).
The ecology faculty in these departments have a wide range of
interests and expertise.
   
News
2010 Center for Ecology Review
The reports of the internal and external reviewers are available here as a pdf: Report.
2011 Summer Undergraduate Internships Available
Six undergraduate internships will be available for summer 2011. These paid internships are for 9 weeks and involve working with Department of Natural Research biologists on a variety of projects including endangered species monitoring, invasive species control, and habitat restoration. Interns will be paid $375 per week for 9 weeks. Each intern will be provided with a vehicle or travel
funds depending on location and up to $917 to defray fees and tuition for 1 in-state credit hour. The
intern will also receive a one year membership to the Natural Areas Association and be sponsored to
attend a regional conference (venue TBA) in the fall where they will make a presentation based on
their internship experience. These internships are a tremendous opportunity for students seeking experience in natural areas management, benefits are described here.
There will be 2 positions in southern Illinois natural areas stationed out of Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, 2 in southeast Illinois stationed out of Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, Jasper County, 1 with the Lake County Forest Preserve District, Lake County, and 1 with the Nachusa Grasslands in north central Illinois..
Details of the internships are available as pdfs: 1) Crab Orchard, 2) Prairie Ridge, 3) Lake County, 4) Nachusa.
Interested applicants should submit hard copy of the following (i.e., print outs, not electronic copies): 1) a cover letter outlining relevant prior experience explaining how youy expect to benefit from the internship, and which position of the six you would prefer, 2) a current resume and transcript ('unofficial' version is fine), and 3) a letter of support from an SIUC faculty member who has agreed to oversee one credit hour of research for the summer.
Consideration of applications will begin Feb 14th, 2011. Submit applications to Dr. John Groninger (Forestry:
groninge@siu.edu), Dr. David Gibson (Plant Biology: dgibson@plant.siu.edu), Dr. Sara Baer (Plant
Biology: sgbaer@siu.edu), or Dr. Matt Whiles (Zoology: mwhiles@zoology.siu.edu).
Media coverage
Nov 4, 2005. Ecology
Center looks to future. Article in Daily Egyptian.
Oct 28,
2005: SIUC news journalist K.C. Jaehnig describes the creation
of the Center for Ecology.
Links
[Members] [Seminars]
[Listserv] [Research]
[Courses]
[Middle
Mississippi Wetland Field Station] [Touch
of Nature Environmental Center]
[Heartland
Ecological/Environmental Academic Research Training GK-12 (HEART
GK12) program]
Further information - Departmental Representatives
Sara Baer - Department of Plant Biology
-sgbaer@siu.edu
David Gibson - Department of Plant Biology dgibson@plant.siu.edu
John Groninger - Department of Forestry groninge@siu.edu
Matt Whiles - Department of Zoology mwhiles@zoology.siu.edu
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