Wednesday, April 02, 2008

PhD Decision

Dear family and friends,
I am happy and proud to let you know that I have accepted the offer made by the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Lincoln to conduct my PhD under the supervision of Dr. Alan Bond. My studies will be financed for the first year by a teaching assistantship. This means that I will be giving classes or assisting in labs for undergraduates at UNL. My research will broadly focus on bird cognition, with a special interest in the role of the species ecology thereon. The avian cognition lab keeps several species at the university and has contributed largely to the current literature (http://bsweb.unl.edu/avcog/).
I have taken a long time to consider my options and now I am sure that this is the place where I will be able to succeed. The most important reason for me is the passion I have for birds and the many questions one can ask them in this experimental set-up.
Hopefully, some of you can come and visit. Now, I have to get everything on track for me to move to Nebraska. Surely, one or two adventures will be involved. I'll keep you updated....

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ja da hast du recht ein bierchen wäre wieder einmal angesagt! :-) Ja ich gratuliere dir zu deinen Entscheidung deinen PhD doch in Nebraska zu machen! Ist sicher die richtige! :-) Aufjedenfall haätte ich mich in deinen Situation auch so entschieden! liebe grüße aus den nun bald sommerlichen Wien! Stefan!

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