Lisa D. Anness Graduate Fellowship
in Tropical Plant Biology
Study tropical botany in Miami,
the only locale in the continental US where live tropical plants abound
in gardens and natural areas within minutes of your classroom.
Research areas:
 Palm Biology
 Tropical Mycorrhizae
 Tropical Plant Systematics
 Applied Conservation Biology
 Structure & Function of Tropical Plants
 Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants
 Modeling Population, Community or
Ecosystem Dynamics
 Tropical Forest Ecology and
management
Choose a pair of mentors for your PhD, one from
each institution.
University of Miami mentors:
Don DeAngelis, Guillermo Goldstein,
Carol Horvitz, Dave Janos, Matthew Potts,
Leo Sternberg, Barbara Whitlock
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden mentors:
Jack Fisher, Jamie Gordon,
Carl Lewis, Joyce Maschinski,
Mike Maunder, Scott Zona
The Lisa D. Anness Fellow will receive 3 yrs of fellowship (stipend of $20K and
tuition waived) plus modest research funds, followed by 2 years of TA or RA
funding, as needed. The holder will be an exceptional student scholar in the UM
PhD program, co-mentored by researchers at UM and FTBG,
Applicants should contact potential members from both
The University of Miami and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden websites.
Applications, along with letters of interest from at least one mentor from each institution,
should be sent to UM Biology Department following protocols outlined in these web pages:
Application for Anness Fellowship: http://www.bio.miami.edu
Application for graduate status: http://www.ftg.org/research/graduatestudies/gradstudies2.html
Applications for Fall 2008 term are due January 1, 2008.
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