{"id":446,"date":"2026-08-26T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:54:07","slug":"joining-the-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/joining-the-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining the Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- block -->\n<div class=\"custom-block-wrappper text-block stylized lite top-spacing-default bottom-spacing-default\">\n\n    <p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Prospective Graduate Students: My expertise and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/mckaylab\/research\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">research interests<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0are\u00a0centered on the process of local adaptation in plants, and include the subdisciplines of Plant Evolution, Genetics, Physiology and Population, and Quantitative Genetics. Students will\u00a0be required\u00a0to take classes and training in those\u00a0areas, but\u00a0will be encouraged to develop their own research interests and study systems.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The limiting factor for accepting students to my lab is funding, both for tuition and stipend. At\u00a0CSU\u00a0the University charges the professors more for international students, thus the competition is higher. International students with funding in hand from their home country are encouraged to apply.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you are interested in joining the lab send me an e-mail\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:jkmckay@colostate.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">jkmckay@colostate.edu.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Please briefly describe your background, major research interests and why you are interested in working in my lab.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How to apply:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I can take students from two cross-departmental graduate groups:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecology.colostate.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Graduate Degree Program in Ecology<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plantbiology.colostate.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Program in Molecular Plant Biology<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. These are separate entities from the department to which I belong,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/encoded-592c9deb-987b-4562-aa3c-9fa3d37d83e9.uri\/http%3a%2f%2f.colostate.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Agricultural Biology<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. These two graduate groups differ primarily in their core courses in the first year. We can discuss which program might be best for\u00a0you;\u00a0depending on your interests as well as funding possibilities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- END block -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/mckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}