The Ph.D. program prepares students to be successful in teaching and research positions in academia, industry, government, and non-governmental organizations. We mentor students in grantsmanship, and they have many opportunities to support their own research with internal and external funding. As Teaching Assistants, students get hands-on teaching experience assisting in a variety of courses and interacting with faculty. Our students also get exposure to the national and international plant biology community through colloquia, seminars, and scientific meetings that will aid them in achieving their post-Ph.D. career goals.
A student with a Ph.D. in plant biology could work at a college or university, teaching or doing research in a variety of specialty areas. He or she also could work in private industry, or governmental agencies dealing with agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, biotechnology or pharmaceuticals, conservation agencies and museums of natural history, environmental consulting firms, food companies, botanical gardens, and arboreta.
