The Pinou Lab (https://sites.wcsu.edu/pinout/) at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury Connecticut is seeking a MS student to work on co-evolutionary relationships of sea turtle epibionts and hosts. The NSF funded graduate student should be prepared to spend more than half their time at the Yale ??? Peabody Museum of Natural History where they will concentrate on sorting, identifying and photo-documenting marine turtle epibionts, primarily barnacle crustaceans. The successful candidate should have demonstrated coursework or field experience in general invertebrate zoology, and is interested in museum curation. The student will be expected to pursue a thesis focusing on barnacles and their role as epibionts. The interested candidate should be able to commute between Danbury and New Haven at least once a week, and funds to cover this commute will be provided in addition to a research stipend. Interested applicants are encouraged to email Dr. Pinou by December 15thoutlining research experience and names of 3 references along with your CV. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply to the WCSU MS IBD program by December 15th: https://www.wcsu.edu/biology-msbiodiversity/. Theodora Pinou, Professor & Chair of Biology Programs H. G. Dowling Herpetological Collection Faculty Curator Department of Biology Western Connecticut State University 181 White Street, Danbury CT 06810 E-mail:Pinout@wcsu.edu Phone: 203-837-8793 Fax: 203-837-8875 https://sites.wcsu.edu/pinout/ Theodora Pinou (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)