Join the lab!
Come work with us
If the questions we ask are the ones you’d want to spend your time on, reach out. You don’t need a background in bone — curiosity and drive matter more to me than a perfect résumé. Some of the best people for a lab like this come from outside fields, like immunology, reproductive biology, engineering, evolutionary biology, or one I haven’t thought of yet.
What I’d love to hear from you
I’m less interested in “I want to do research” and more interested in you. Send a CV or resume and a few honest sentences on each of these — no formal cover letter required:
Why the TOL
What draws you to this lab specifically, not just to research in general.
What you bring
The perspective, skills, or experience that would make our team better.
Your dream project
The question you’d be genuinely excited to chase here. Be bold.
Where we overlap
Where your goals and the lab’s work line up. (Peek at Current Projects.)
Where you might fit
Graduate students
I take PhD students through the Exercise Physiology program in the Department of Kinesiology & Health Education. If you’re thinking about applying, email me first!
Undergraduates
It is never too early to reach out. Undergrads from all majors are welcome! New students typically start by attending lab meetings to get a sense of what our work currently looks like.
Postdocs
I don’t currently have open funded postdoc positions, but grants are always in progress. If this is the work you want to do, reach out anyway, and we can talk fellowships and what’s in the pipeline.
Not sure which of these is you? Reach out anyway — s.little@austin.utexas.edu.