I really want to do a thesis in my fourth year but I have never worked in a lab nor do I know any profs that I can talk to. Wondering how do I go about finding a supervisor or does anyone know any profs that are accepting lab volunteers starting in Sept so I can get some experience in the lab setting?

I am open to anything in biology/health sciences except for ecology or evolution related! I am really interested in clinical research!

Thank You

Originally Posted by skk1

I really want to do a thesis in my fourth year but I have never worked in a lab nor do I know any profs that I can talk to. Wondering how do I go about finding a supervisor or does anyone know any profs that are accepting lab volunteers starting in Sept so I can get some experience in the lab setting?

I am open to anything in biology/health sciences except for ecology or evolution related! I am really interested in clinical research!

Thank You

Email the profs you are interested now!

Email profs that you're interested in working for.

As everyone has said, email people you're interested in working with. Ask them to meet with you in person to discuss the possibility of doing a thesis with them. Make sure you've read up on their work and highlight why you're interested in working with them. Each professor is different, and some allow students to take on their own project ideas while others assign students to a grad student's project.

Since u r in life Sci, I would recommend sending a copy of an email you would send to the profs to Sarah Robinson first. You can ask her to just proofread your email but she won't help you find profs which was what she has told me in an email before. But it doesn't hurt to get your email checked. And as everyone said before, just email profs, I didn't have any volunteer experience in the lab and I still got something.