Leconte Group - How to apply

Are you interested in applying to join our lab? We are always happy to chat with talented, enthusiastic students!

At this time, we do not have any open positions for Fall 2025. We anticipate potentially hiring in Fall 2025 for a graduating senior (to serve as a gap year research assistant during 2026-2027) and undergraduate research assistants (who would start in Spring 2026). If you would like to be notified when we host open houses / open applications for these positions, please let us know here.

Prospective Undergraduate Research Assistants: Our process for admitting students has been carefully constructed to create equitable opportunities for all students. When we are hiring, we always do the following:

We advertise broadly using all avenues at our disposal
We hold Open Houses to allow students to learn about our lab's approach to research and training. You can learn more here.
- Our Spring 2025 Open House was 3/10/25
Following the Open House, we will hold a formal application process that adheres to best practices in inclusive hiring.
- Our Spring 2025 application process (for hiring students to begin in Fall 2025) closed on 3/26.

During all of these steps, senior lab members and Aaron work together to ensure that inclusivity and equity are centered in our search. We only consider potential new members of the lab during this formal application process. We do this to give all students equal footing in the application process which we feel creates an equitable and accessible process for joining our lab. We do not consider applications outside of this process to give all students an equitable chance to obtain positions in our lab.

If you would like to be alerted to when future Open House/future lab application cycle begins, you can sign up for our email list here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to Aaron at aleconte@natsci.claremont.edu

Prospective Gap Year Research Assistants: We will have funding for a full-time research assistant for a recent graduate in the 2026-2027 school year. When we are preparing to hire, we will have an Open House and email all interested students. To get on a list to be made aware of this, please add your name here.

In the mean time, here's some more info that might be helpful in learning about our lab:

Attend an Open House!
We are starting to make a FAQ page! It's just starting, but we'll keep adding to it (link)
Here's a recording of a past open house (link)!
Read about our research by clicking on the 'Our Research' tab (it includes a few videos letting you know about our projects!)
Reach out to current lab members to learn about their experiences in our group (see Members tab above)
We meet once every 2-3 weeks during the semester to discuss either results in the lab or scientific research that we find interesting. These meetings are open for interested students! Contact Aaron to see our schedule.
Email Aaron (aleconte@natsci.claremont.edu) to meet and discuss what opportunities are available (or if you have any questions at all!)

Applications are currently closed (they were due on November 7, 2022)

All students who would like to be considered for positions should:

(i) complete the application form

(ii) email a current resume and a list of STEM college classes taken (include grade given - if known - and the instructors for lecture and lab components of the class) to leconte.group.keck@gmail.com

(please note: this list of classes and grades is just to get a sense of your interests and progress in your education; perfect grades are not a requirement for joining the lab!)