Thank you for your interest in the Coral Reef and Ocean Health research group. CROH welcomes undergraduate students with a strong desire to learn more about marine ecology and gain experience in a lab setting.

Research Interests

The Coral Reef and Ocean Health research group focuses on providing scientific knowledge and understanding to better conserve, manage, and protect our fragile marine ecosystems. Therefore, our research interests may be broad. Still, they share a common theme: investigating biotic responses to environmental change across organizational levels (i.e., individual, community, ecosystem) to improve management and understanding. I encourage students to develop their own research questions and ideas that align with the lab's research interests.

Expectations

Before contacting me, it's also important to ask yourself whether you will likely be a good fit for the lab. 

Some key characteristics that I look for in undergraduate students are: 

• A 6-month commitment to the lab

• A strong sense of self-sufficiency, innate motivation, and willingness to work hard to excel

• Integrity, passion, kindness, and team-oriented

Once in the lab, I expect that students will read broadly in the current literature; attend, engage, and present at lab meetings, departmental seminars & scientific meetings. I also hope my students will be good colleagues to others in the lab by helping to maintain lab morale, lab organization & cleanliness, and contributing to lab mates' projects in the same way they are helped.

Funding Opportunities

Next Steps

If you believe you are a great fit for the Bahr Lab and are able to commit at least 6 months to the lab, please fill out the following form.