Description Highly motivated students wishing to earn an MS in Biology and interested in plant population genetics are invited to apply for a Graduate Research Assistantship in Dr. Carol Baskauf’s lab at Austin Peay State University (APSU) in Clarksville, TN. The assistantship includes a tuition waiver and stipend for two years ($15,750 annually). The successful candidate will begin lab/field work in the summer of 2018 before beginning graduate classes in the fall. Generally, research in the Baskauf lab includes plant population genetics, ecology, and ecophysiology, with particular interest in rare species and comparative studies. Specifically, this NSF funded Graduate Research Assistantship involves genetic analysis of several rare and widespread congeners as part of a larger collab