Opportunities for Graduate Students
I'm always looking for highly qualified and self-motivated students who are interested in bioinformatics or computational biology. Most of my recent students have had co-advisors from Biology, and I am looking forward to working with new students who enroll in CIS or Biology.
If you would like to earn an MS or PhD in Computer and Information Science you should apply to one of the graduate programs in CIS. As a student in CIS, you would be studying theoretical computer science, algorithms, programming languages, and other CS topics in addition to your work in bioinformatics. Not all of my students have co-advisors in Biology, but those who work in bioinformatics are urged to work with a research group, both to learn first-hand how biologists are using computational methods and to find challenging test cases for any new algorithms and software developed in our lab.
I am also interested in working with students who want to earn an advanced degree in biology, but who want to incorporate computational methods into their research. We have had successful collaborations with several students over the years, from a variety of labs in Ecology and Evolution, Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology. Contact a potential advisor in one of these research institutes, and then send me e-mail to explore ways to become involved with the bioinformatics group.
Important note about e-mail: I often get mail from students who say how impressed they are with my lab and how much they want to work with my group, only to find they have sent a "form letter" to every faculty member in CIS. If you are serious about working in bioinformatics, take time to write a letter that explains what interests you about this research and why you think the University of Oregon would be a good place for you to study.
Post-Doctoral Positions
I do not have any openings at this time, but if you are interested check for open positions with my colleagues in Biology, or send e-mail to discuss potential funding sources.