Both scientific development and independence are thus critical to your success. All of these activities require self-motivation and organization. Therefore, you will need to develop these skills rapidly in grad school if you are currently weak in them. I expect my students actively to seek funding for their research, and to take personal responsibility for their timely progress. I am committed to mentoring and giving my students whatever time and guidance they need, but I also fully expect independence.
Science is fundamentally about communication.
I expect you to do so and will make every effort to help you get funding to attend meetings. Effective communication also means that research should be published in a timely fashion in international, peer-reviewed journals. These things require effective writing and speaking skills, which you will also need to develop rapidly if they are not already strong. My research interests . My interests are in the general area of evolutionary ecology, ranging broadly over the evolutionary and ecological processes that produce and maintain biological diversity in marine ecosystems, and the consequences of that diversity for functional processes within ecosystems.