Graduate Student Opportunities
The FORENSIC BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE is interested in recruiting independently motivated, personable students who are interested in enrolling in the Professional Science Masters Degree Program in Forensic Science or the Joint-Doctoral (Ph.D.) Degree in Forensic and Behavioral Science at the California State University, Fresno.
Graduate students are expected to learn lab and field research techniques, practice writing and submitting grants, design and execute experiments, and submit their results to professional societies for presentation and peer-reviewed journals for publication.
Program Application
Please follow this link to download and complete the form:
This form must be printed or typewritten and signed in ink. Application packets should include this application, certificates stating that you have successfully completed bloodborne pathogen (available through Lisa Kao in the Department of Environmental Health and Safety) (email: lisak@csufresno.edu) and laboratory safety training (available through Alan Preston in the Department of Chemistry) (email: apreston@csufresno.edu), your resume, and an essay that tells us:
What, if any, previous research experience you have (if you have previous experience, please state the nature of it and the techniques employed)
What attracted you to our research program
What you will contribute to our research program, and How conducting research in forensic biotechnology fits in with your future career goals.
All information should be mailed, together, to:
The Forensic Biotechnology Institute of California
Attn: Research Committee
California State University, Fresno
2576 E San Ramon Avenue, M/S ST104
Fresno, CA. 93740
