Undergraduate students:
The Agricultural Entomology Lab welcomes interested undergraduate students to volunteer in the lab for a semester to try things out before committing to work as paid undergraduate research assistant on a specific project.
Potential graduate students:
Read Crossley advice for getting into graduate school
Interested prospective graduate students should email Mike Crossley (crossley@udel.edu) and attach a resume or CV, provide references, and briefly describe your career goals and interest in the lab.
Postdocs:
I am enthusiastic about helping develop fellowship applications (e.g., USDA, NSF) for interested PhDs.
Everyone:
Core values that I desire to cultivate and see expressed in my lab include:
- Curiosity – An intense desire to uncover the mysteries of the natural world. Frequently thinking, “I wonder what/where/when/why/how <fill in the blank>?”.
- Community – An awareness of the people around you. Openness to knowing them, supporting them, and being supported by them. Valuing the diversity of cultures and life experiences that they bring. Celebrating their successes, and helping them grow through failures.
- Coachability – Desiring to learn and grow, and being open to hearing and receiving constructive criticism from others. Adopting a growth mindset, i.e., the belief that new skills and competencies can be developed through hard work and dedication.
- Resilience – Willingness to push through difficult times and obstacles that arise. Knowing how to ask for help. Not taking criticism personally. Embracing discomfort and solving problems instead of whining about them or blaming others.
