{"id":20,"date":"2023-02-28T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T21:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/xwalkerlab\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:59:26","slug":"prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/xwalkerlab\/prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9baa9b4c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/xwalkerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cropped-cropped-environment-effect-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138\" style=\"width:120px;height:120px\" 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">MackLab<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1206\" height=\"904\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-91\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/xwalkerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220602_152041.jpg\" style=\"object-position:52% 69%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"52% 69%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/xwalkerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220602_152041.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/xwalkerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220602_152041-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/xwalkerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220602_152041-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/xwalkerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220602_152041-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1206px) 100vw, 1206px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><strong><em>Prospective Students<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9baa9b4c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in pursuing a graduate degree? Great!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9baa9b4c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you interested in the impacts of environmental change and disturbance on the structure and function of northern terrestrial ecosystems?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9baa9b4c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is the <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/biological-sciences\/\">Department of Biological Sciences<\/a> or\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/school-of-informatics-computing-and-cyber-systems\/\">School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems<\/a> at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\">Northern Arizona University<\/a> where you want to study?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9baa9b4c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you read some of my publications&nbsp;and current research projects&nbsp;to confirm that our&nbsp;interests and approaches align?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9baa9b4c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If yes, please email me (xanthe.walker@nau.edu) and tell me about your research interests and experience, and your motivation to pursue graduate work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walker Lab Disturbance and Ecosytem Ecology Interested in pursuing a graduate degree? 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