D. Allen Davis, Ph.D.
Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Intensive Systems
Department of Fisheris and Allied Aquacultures
 

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Resources for current students

Wet Laboratory Protocols
SOP Gulf Shores, Shrimp Production
Production of live feeds (FAO Link)
Total Ammonia nitrogen
Nitrite nitrogen
Example of growth trial (quatro-pro)

Student conatct information

Ph.D. Candidate     M.S. Candidate  
Daranee, Sookying sookyda@auburn.edu   Waldemar Rossi Jr wzr0002@auburn.edu
Patricio Paz pazpatr@auburn.edu   Jessica Jacquay jnj0003@auburn.edu
Fabio Soller fzs0003@auburn.edu      
Bochao Hu bzh0006@auburn.edu      
         
         
Doctorate of Philosophy     Masters of Science  
Antonio Garza antonio_le_fou@hotmail.com   Ping Zhou pzz0001@auburn.edu
Herbert Quintero qfherbert@hotmail.com   Justin Markey markeyjc@yahoo.com
Tri Nguyen nguyennhutri@yahoo.com   Evan Reese Durland redpaddle@gmail.com
Luke Roy royluke@auburn.edu   Elkin Amaya elkinamaya@yahoo.com
Anh Tuan Nguyen tuants@ctu.edu.vn   Stuart Padgett Padg_76@hotmail.com

Oscar Zelaya

ozelaya@zamorano.edu   Christian Miller millec4@ufl.edu
Jesus Venero jesus82@hotmail.com   Guangbing Wu Wuguan1@auburn.edu
      Robby Mays maysrobau@hotmail.com
      Ryan L. Hedrick ryan.hedrick@sscoop.com
      Antonio Garza antonio_le_fou@hotmail.com
      Nasir Kureshy nkureshy@maritech.net
      Eric Thoman thoman@chem.ufl.edu
      Marc J. Turano marc_turano@ncsu.edu
      Lucho Castro  

 

Information for Interested Students

General Expectations: Graduate school is a self directed learning experience. Hence, I expect all of my graduate students to actively participate in classes and external research projects as time permits. They must maintain a positive attitude, work co-operatively with other students, be self motivated and well organized. All students are required to carry a cellular phone and have a car for transportation. I expect each student to have the majority of their thesis or dissertation work ready for publication prior to graduation. It is the students responsibility to keep up with policy regarding graduation and international student status.

Support: Acceptance of a graduate students is completely at the discretion of the major professors as is their continued support. When funding is available, a graduate student may receive financial support in the form of a Graduate Assistantship (GA). A student receiving an assistantship, is required to be enroled in classes and work a given number of hours (typically 20hr/week) to maintain the assistantship. A GA is not considered a full time employee and does not receive benefits (health insurance, paid vacation etc). However, this does allow an out of state student to receive in state rates.

A GA is similar to an hourly job in that the student is required to work a certain number of hours for the GA. This work does not include anything related to his/her curriculum. Many professors require the student to work a fixed number of hours per week doing things that are not relate to the students curriculum (classes, special problems, thesis/dissertation research etc). Bottom line, to receive a GA you are required to work a certain number of hours on projects other than your research and be enroled in classes.

My general policy is I do not pay students to complete their curriculum which includes their research. They are required to work to maintain their GA. However, I try to minimize the amount of peripheral work as much as possible. The reality of this is some times you may be required to put in a lot of hours but other times you will not. Most student will need to put in 50-60hr of work per week to complete there degree program in a timely fashion.

Students may also be supported by teaching fellowships, scholarships or other funding sources. I expect all students, regardless of funding source to participate in the laboratory and work on projects outside of there curriculum. They will be held accountable just as any other student is held accountable for work ethics.

Tuition: At this time, the majority of the our GA also receive a scholarship or tuition waiver, which covers the cost of a fixed number of class hours but does not cover university fee’s. Due to limitation on the number of hours this may not cover the cost of all of your class credits.

Research Units

I conduct research at both the North Auburn (NAL) and Claude Pettite Mariculture Laboratory (CPML). Students conducting research at these facilities will require there own transportation to and from the facilities which means they will require a car. It is the responsibility of the student to take care of his animals and hence may be required to make multiple trips each day. Students at the CPML are unlikely to be able to take classes while conducting there research at the coast. While at the coast, there is temporary group housing that may be available to the student. There is a non-refundable deposit required to utilize this housing. Students are not required to live on site but offsite housing is generally expensive.

Committe Expectations

My research demands may be more stringent that other professors. In addition to the Departmental Requirements I require MS and PhD students to 1) prepare a research proposal 2) present a departmental seminar reviewing the research 3) provide an electronic copy of the thesis or dissertation as a single PDF file. If you are not willing to meet these requirements than do not include me on a committee.