Study@Tempo
Undergraduate
At the Australian National University, undergraduate students can undertake research projects as part of their degree. In the School of Botany and Zoology, these independent research projects are called “Special Topics”: for more information see the BoZo site.
Members of Tempo and Mode offer undergraduate research projects in evolution and ecology. Example topics and supervisors will be posted here soon. For more information you can contact Lindell Bromham
- (pending)
Honours
The Honours program is a an optional fourth year added to a normal bachelors degree. The honours program varies between Schools at ANU. In Botany and Zoology, it consists of a nine-month independent research project, assessed by thesis. For more information see the BoZo site.
The following are examples of Tempo and Mode honours projects available for students commencing Honours in 2009.
- Molecular fossils, purple oceans and molecular dating (Jochen Brocks and Lindell Bromham)
- Effect of population size on rates of molecular evolution (Lindell Bromham)
- Does selection balance metabolism, mutation and longevity? (Lindell Bromham)
- Replication fidelity and evolution: copy effects on rate of genome evolution (Lindell Bromham)
- Salt-tolerance in plants: a case study in the repeatability and predictability of the evolution of complex traits (Lindell Bromham)
- Are older species more vulnerable to extinction? (Lindell Bromham)
- Rates of molecular evolution in birds (Simon Ho)
- Reconstructing past populations using ancient DNA (Simon Ho)
- Marsupial evolution (Matt Phillips)
PhD
Further details about graduate research in the School of Botany and Zoology, including information about scholarships and funding, can be found on the BoZo site.
In the Tempo and Mode group, the following projects are available for potential PhD candidates:
- (pending)