Join the Deban Lab

Graduate Studies

Are you a serious biology student interested in pursuing a MS or PhD conducting original research in physiology? The Deban Lab has openings for talented students to study the biomechanics and physiology of animal movement. If you think you might like to join the Deban Lab and the IB department at USF for graduate studies, have a look at the recent research in our lab and download some of our publications. You can also check out the info on the graduate studies program in our department. Contact us with any questions. 

Undergraduate Research

We are also looking for motivated undergraduate students. If you are a biology student at USF, and are interested in lab research and possibly a career in biology, the Deban Lab has openings all year, including summer, in which you can obtain valuable laboratory experience working with amphibians, reptiles, and insects.

   What you can learn in our lab:

• Animal care and training
• Surgery
• Dissection of preserved specimens and other anatomical techniques
• Electromyographic and pressure recordings
• High-speed digital imaging of rapid movements
• Digitizing and computer analysis of image sequences
• Motion tracking and dynamics analysis
• Temperature experiments
• Muscle contractile physiology experiments
• Field collecting of animals

Browse the DebanLab website and publications get an idea of our current research. If you are interested, and if you are willing to register for at least three semesters of research, fill out this application form and follow the instructions included. 

Field collecting in North Carolina

Red salamander, Pseudotriton ruber

Conducting in vitro muscle experiments in the lab