M.S. Teaching Assistantships - Marine & Environmental Biology - Fish/Floodplain Ecology
Nicholls State University (State) | https://www.nicholls.edu/
Details
Application Deadline:
05/02/2025
Published:
04/07/2025
Starting Date:
after 8/13/2025
Hours per Week:
at least 20
Salary:
starting at $12,600 per year
Education Required:
Bachelors
Experience Required:
none
Location:
Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, Louisiana)
Tags:
Graduate Opportunities
Description
A Teaching Assistantships in the lab of Dr. Quenton Fontenot's Bayousphere Research Lab will be available for the Fall 2025 semester for the Master of Science in Marine and Environmental Biology program at Nicholls State University. The assistantship includes a teaching stipend of $4,800/semester (Fall and Spring) and a tuition and out-of-state fee waiver. Additionally, a summer salary of $3,000 is also included for a total of $12,600/yr. For more information about the graduate program visit https://www.nicholls.edu/biology/master-of-science-degree-program/.
Admission requirements include:
Admission requirements include:
· A graduate faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences agrees to serve as major professor
· B.S. degree in a life science curriculum
· Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0
· Combined GRE (verbal + quantitative) of 300 if GPA < 3.5 or international applicant (GRE not required if GPA > 3.5)
Application procedure includes an online application and fee (http://www.nicholls.edu/apply/), and cover letter, CV, official GRE scores and academic transcripts, and departmental application package (https://www.nicholls.edu/biology/master-of-science-degree-program/) including three letters of recommendation (forms included in departmental application).
Application procedure includes an online application and fee (http://www.nicholls.edu/apply/), and cover letter, CV, official GRE scores and academic transcripts, and departmental application package (https://www.nicholls.edu/biology/master-of-science-degree-program/) including three letters of recommendation (forms included in departmental application).
Deadline for applying is May 2, 2025. Applicants should contact Dr. Quenton Fontenot. After contacting the graduate faculty listed below, application materials and questions regarding the program should be sent (email is preferred) to Dr. Chris Bonvillain, Department of Biological Sciences, P.O. Box 2021, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 70310, 985-449-7116, chris.bonvillain@nicholls.edu. See Research Labs (https://www.nicholls.edu/biology/) for more information on faculty research interests. Research projects associated with the positions are listed below:
Dr. Quenton Fontenot (quenton.fontenot@nicholls.edu):
Dr. Quenton Fontenot (quenton.fontenot@nicholls.edu):
Seeking a highly motivated MS student to conduct freshwater fish ecology research in a constructed river floodplain system. The floodplain ecosystem will cover approximately 20 hectares and will be constructed in the summer of 2025. Several species of wild-collected fish will be stocked into the new system as soon as construction is complete. The selected candidate will work with Dr. Quenton Fontenot to develop a hypothesis-based research project to study fish use of the system throughout the initial inundation and dewatering of the floodplain system.
Required: Valid driver's license
Preferred: Large river floodplain fieldwork experience
Required: Valid driver's license
Preferred: Large river floodplain fieldwork experience
Contact
Quenton Fontenot
quenton.fontenot@nicholls.edu (preferred contact method)