Master’s opportunity in thermal evolutionary ecology of insect
communication.

The Fowler-Finn lab in the Department of Biology at Saint Louis
University is seeking highly motivated students to apply for a
Master’s position opening in Fall 2018. The student would join our
dynamic and diverse research team to work on an NSF funded project
investigating thermal effects on reproductive performance and sexual
communication in Enchenopa treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae).
Treehoppers communicate through plant-borne vibrations, and mating
behavior as well as male songs and female preferences for the songs are
sensitive to changes in temperature.

The project will involve a combination of field work, laboratory
experimentation, and outreach education. The student will be trained in
how to implement a function-valued approach to characterize phenotypic
plasticity, and utilize classic quantitative genetics to measure
genetic variation across a latitudinal gradient. Outreach through sound
art installations and zoo exhibits capitalizes on the ability of the
bizarre and beautiful vibrational songs of treehoppers to capture the
public’s imagination.

The Fowler-Finn lab is a diverse group of scientists passionate about
arthropods, vibrational communication, outreach education, supporting
diversity in STEM, and having a ton of fun. We welcome inquiries from
folks of diverse backgrounds and training, and encourage
underrepresented and underserved groups to apply. The Department of
Biology at Saint Louis University, and institutions in the Saint Louis
area, provide ample opportunities to interact with a broad range of
scientists interested in ecology, evolution, behavior, and physiology.

For best consideration, apply by December 15, 2017. For more
information about the lab, or to express interest in the position,
visit the Fowler-Finn lab webpage (fowlerfinnlab.com) or contact Kasey
Fowler-Finn (kasey.fowlerfinn@slu.edu).

Kasey Fowler-Finn <kasey.fowlerfinn@slu.edu>

The Kapheim Lab at Utah State University is recruiting a Ph.D. student for
Fall 2018 to study maternal effects in solitary bees, in collaboration
with Dr. Theresa Pitts-Singer at the USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects
Research Unit. The primary objective of the project is to investigate the
molecular mechanisms and phenotypic consequences of trans-generational
effects. Graduate students will be encouraged to develop their own
research program within the scope of the larger study. Students working
on the project will receive training in field biology, physiology,
transcriptomics, and bioinformatics. Students will also have the
opportunity to participate in outreach and extension activities.

Research in the Kapheim lab addresses the evolutionary processes
responsible for the diversity and plasticity of complex traits. We
seek to understand the developmental and sociogenomic mechanisms
underlying behavior to better understand how it evolves. Our research
is integrated across sub-disciplines of biology, including evolutionary
biology, behavioral ecology, comparative genomics and transcriptomics,
neuroscience, physiology, and metagenomics. For more information, please
visit http://secure-web.cisco.com/1uLMQdWe-uG8I8aWdNvO_F8u59fw7HpsUz29Y4z2iPBsvbZNSmQSwe3sEkY8KNDcgsfduerzk8t9KHpSS0ASv8TMiWUAINedtPbc0PgIhtc_wKEssmeb7V739_ZRjNJSO2dfw5d0B6fZViKdk0HJzVpRD92wdXaCS7OnCQTBiaqA1gggHXTr7m7lbIm3sVBL-HvBu6DdISIStCMw2oM2NJSnhx8nPvRJNH_hy6GqrPYq23V8xF0xttOkEqddJedVAv-YH6xxMRzOyVctBgn2FIAX187Ngel0jNo7n_-fSHWPihbX6U88il5VatQM4fiL85oP7P5C2P1jMltwZ-DjBkt3l8jHNJ4SO7kblX1N5iaXR684K2iuIqlp9DCadSh4Xpvd2rwALtLZfJsk5NYCK_zXNU2yyrpWdFM4isZLcCIlsCxUbi74ubSyh1T8Czhnevb11fqCgYLJa20rmsIl5-w/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kapheimlab.com.

The USU Department of Biology is home to a superb faculty with a
diverse set of research interests. USU is located in northern Utah’s
Cache Valley. Situated between two mountain ranges and next to beautiful
Logan Canyon, there are plenty of opportunities for fieldwork, as well
as outdoor recreation, in and around Logan.

This position is supported by a combination of research assistantships
and teaching assistantships for a minimum of five years. This includes
a tuition and partial fee waiver, health insurance, and stipend.

Prospective students are encouraged to email Karen Kapheim at
karen.kapheim@usu.edu. Please include a statement of research
and educational goals, overview of previous research experience,
and CV. To receive full consideration, applications must be
submitted through the USU School of Graduate Studies by December
1, 2017. Please see the USU Biology website for more details
(http://www.biology.usu.edu/education/graduate-program/prospective_students).

A M.S. or Ph.D. position is available to begin in the fall of 2018 with
Amy Whipple and Liza Holeski (holeskilab.weebly.com), Dept. of
Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University.  Research will
focus on trangenerational plasticity in Populus trichocarpa, a model
forest tree species. The graduate student will use laboratory and
field-based approaches to investigate relative effects of genetics and
within- and across-generation phenotypic plasticity of plant traits
relevant to adaptation to environmental change.
For more information about the NAU Biology department and graduate
programs, visit http://nau.edu/cefns/natsci/biology/
Northern Arizona University (http://www.nau.edu) is a comprehensive
public institution located in Flagstaff, AZ (population 65,000;
elevation 7000ft) on the southern Colorado Plateau, adjacent to
mountains, deserts, and the Grand Canyon. For more about NAU’s
facilities for studying the interactions on climate change and genetics
please see:  http://www.sega.nau.edu/  Support would be through
teaching assistantship initially. PhD students may be eligible to apply
for additional support through NAU Presidential Fellowship Program:
https://nau.edu/gradcol/financing/presidential-fellowship-program/

Interested candidates should contact Amy and Liza
(amy.whipple@nau.edu and liza.holeski@nau.edu) by November 15^th,
2017.  Please include a C.V. and a brief description of your background
and research interests.

Liza Marie Holeski <Liza.Holeski@nau.edu>

PhD student recruitment

Mazer lab
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
UCSB

The Mazer lab in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
at the University of California, Santa Barbara is recruiting one or two
highly motivated PhD students (for entry into our graduate program in
Fall 2018) to conduct both collaborative and independent research to
investigate the process and outcome of adaptive evolution within and
among populations of the annual forb, Nemophila menziesii (Baby Blue
Eyes, Boraginaceae).

Successful candidates will participate in a recently funded NSF
grant (“Evolutionary adaptation to intensifying drought across a
geographic gradient: a comprehensive evaluation of Fisher’s Fundamental
Theorem”, with Dr. Amber Nashoba and Dr. Ruth Shaw) in which we are
using quantitative genetic methods to test predictions derived from
Fisher’s Fundamental Theorem in wild populations of N. menziesii
distributed across an aridity gradient in California.  Incoming students
will also be expected to develop and to conduct independent research
that extends beyond the scope of the research supported by this grant.
Promising areas of research include (but are not restricted to):

(a)   the ecological and evolutionary significance of variation within
and among populations in prospective fitness-related traits such as
germination responses, flowering time, flower size, herkogamy and
dichogamy, pollen performance, seed size, and sex allocation;

(b)    pre- and post-pollination sexual selection on primary and secondary
sexual traits;

(c)    the functional significance of variation in floral and vegetative
pigments, including UV reflectance/absorption;

(d)    the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in life history and
morphological traits; and

(e)    the causes and consequences of variation in water use efficiency
across an aridity gradient.

Funding packages offered to highly competitive candidates will include a
combination of Graduate Research assistantships, Teaching Assistantships,
Block Grants, and UCSB-funded graduate fellowships.  Students who have
already earned a Master’s degree in Botany, Evolution, or Plant Ecology,
or who have applied for a NSF Graduate Fellowship, would be particularly
strong candidates. UCSB and EEMB encourage and welcome applicants who
contribute to the diversity of the campus’ community.

Prospective students interested in exploring this opportunity may write
directly to Professor Susan Mazer (mazer@lifesci.ucsb.edu)

Graduate students may apply electronically to UCSB’s Graduate Division
via the following URL: https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp/Login.aspx

For more information about UCSB’s Department of Ecology, Evolution and
Marine Biology, please explore: https://www.eemb.ucsb.edu/

Susan Mazer
Director, California Phenology Project
President, California Botanical Society
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

office: 805-893-8011
FAX: 805-893-2266
email: mazer@lifesci.ucsb.edu

https://www.eemb.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/mazer

susan.mazer@lifesci.ucsb.edu

A Ph.D. fellowship is available in the Department of Earth and Environment at Florida International University (FIU) (https://earthenvironment.fiu.edu/) to conduct research at the Cultural and Ecological Field Station at the Deering Estate, Miami, FL, beginning Fall 2018. The position is affiliated with the Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research program (http://fcelter.fiu.edu/) and will include integrative field and experimental research approaches and public outreach.

Welcome | Earth & Environment<https://earthenvironment.fiu.edu/>

earthenvironment.fiu.edu

The creation of the Department of Earth and Environment at FIU is the result of a two-department merger: Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies.

Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research …<http://fcelter.fiu.edu/>

fcelter.fiu.edu

Investigating how variability in regional climate and freshwater inputs, disturbance, and perturbations affect the coastal Everglades ecosystem (USA).

To be eligible for positions, students must meet FIU graduate admission requirements and successfully compete for a teaching assistantship (see below) to match existing research assistantship support. Highly qualified candidates may be eligible for fully funded Presidential Fellowships. The deadline for graduate applications is February 1, 2018, but earlier submission is encouraged.

The Cultural and Ecological Field Station: The Cultural and Ecological Field Station is a new, innovative station located at the Deering Estate (http://www.deeringestate.org/) in Miami, FL. The station includes representative patches of all of South Florida=92s unique habitats and includes a demonstration project for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan that explores the process of rehydrating Everglades wetlands and estuaries. The selected student will explore the political ecology of the ongoing restoration of the urban watershed within the Deering Estate, using historical sources, and developing and applying an integrated socio-ecological approach.  Candidates should have a strong academic background in ecology, environmental studies and/or geography, and interests in landscape ecology, restoration ecology, environmental policy, and/or political ecology.

The Deering Estate<http://www.deeringestate.org/>

www.deeringestate.org

Our History. Located along the edge of Biscayne Bay, the 450+ acre Deering Estate is an environmental, archaeological and historic preserve that offers unique …

Students will be co-advised by Michael Ross and Gail Hollander in the Departments of Earth and Environment and Global & Sociocultural Studies, respectively.  Interested applicants should contact us at rossm@fiu.edu<mailto:rossm@fiu.edu> or hollande@fiu.edu<mailto:hollande@fiu.edu> and visit our lab websites (softel.fiu.edu and http://miamiultra.fiu.edu/). To apply, provide a CV and letter of interest. Full applications must be received by February 1, 2018.

The selected candidate will join an existing collaborative team of graduate students, FIU faculty, as well as other scientists working at the Deering Estate, with a shared goal of understanding and forecasting community and ecosystem changes in coastal wetland ecosystems exposed to sea-level rise and large-scale freshwater restoration.

Dr. Michael Ross

Department of Earth & Environment

Southeast Environmental Research Center

Florida International University

University Park/OE-148

Miami, FL 33199

ph: 305-348-1420

The University of Kentucky <http://www.uky.edu> (UK) is recruiting outstanding graduate students in the fields of evolutionary biology and ecology. UK is the home of a diverse set of research groups that use laboratory, field, computational, and mathematical tools to study questions in population and evolutionary genetics and genomics, ecological genetics, phylogenetics, evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, conservation biology, behavioral ecology, plant ecology, and other fields in evolution and ecology.

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These research groups are housed in a number of departments on campus including the Departments of Biology and Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Departments of Entomology, Plant and Soil Sciences, Plant Pathology, and Forestry & Natural Resources in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

Research groups that support graduate study are listed below. Please contact individual faculty mentors about opportunities in their group and their department more broadly. Graduate funding depends on the department and research group and includes research and teaching assistantships. For example, the Department of Biology offers teaching assistantship support with competitive stipends for five years contingent upon progress to a PhD.

## Department of Biology ##

* Carol Baskin. Plant ecology. <https://bio.as.uky.edu/users/ccbask0>

* Phil Crowley. Evolutionary ecology. <https://bio.as.uky.edu/users/pcrowley>

* Catherine Linnen. Adpatation and speciation genomics. <http://www.linnenlab.com/>

* Nicholas McLetchie. Plant reproductive ecology. <http://www.i-

m.mx/McLetchie/McletchieLab2/welcome.html>

* Craig Sargent. Behavioral and evolutionary ecology. <http://darwin.uky.edu/~sargent/>

* Jeramiah Smith. Genome biology and evolution. <http://www.i-

m.mx/jeramiahsmith/SmithLabUKy/>

* Jeremy Van Cleve. Theoretical and computational evolution and ecology. <http://vancleve.theoretical.bio>

* David Weisrock. Evolutionary genomics and phylogenetics. <http://sweb.uky.edu/~dweis2/The_Weisrock_Lab/Front_Page.html>

* David Westneat. Behavioral ecology. <http://www.i-

m.mx/DFWestneat/DavidFWestneat/>

## Department of Mathematics ##

* David Murrugarra. Mathematical biology. <http://www.math.uky.edu/~dmu228/>

* Olivia Prosper. Mathematical biology. <http://www.ms.uky.edu/~ofpr222/>

## Department of Entomology ##

* Charles Fox. Life history evolution and behavioral ecology. <http://www.uky.edu/~cfox/>

* Clare Rittschof. Behavioral ecology, neuroscience, and genomics. <https://clarerittschof.com/>

* Nicholas Teets. Evolutionary and physiological adaptations to extreme environments. <http://www.teetslab.com/>

* Jennifer White. Ecology, evolution, and behavior of symbionts. <https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/person/jennifer-white>

## Department of Forestry & Natural Resources ##

* Mary Arthur. Forest ecology. <http://forestry.ca.uky.edu/mary-arthur>

* John Cox. Wildlife and Conservation Biology. <http://forestry.ca.uky.edu/john-cox>

* Steven Price. Ecology and conservation biology. <http://pricelab.ca.uky.edu/>

* Jian Yang. Landscape ecology. <https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/jian-yang>

## Department of Plant and Soil Sciences ##

* Rebecca McCulley. Grassland ecology. <http://www.mcculleylab.org/>

## Department of Plant Pathology ##

* Christopher Schardl. Evolution of plant and endophyte mutualisms. <https://plantpathology.ca.uky.edu/lab/schardl>

## Life in Lexington, KY ##

UK is located Lexington, KY, known for the many bucolic horse farms that surround the city, thoroughbred racing at Keeneland, equestrian events at Kentucky Horse Park. Lexington and the surrounding area is home to many bourbon distilleries and microbreweries and numerous outdoor activities including hiking and world-class climbing at the nearby Red River Gorge. The cost of living in Lexington is modest and many UK students, faculty, and staff live close to the University and commute by walking or biking.

<http://www.movoto.com/guide/lexington-ky/moving-to-lexington/>

A M.S. or Ph.D. position is available to begin in the fall of 2018 with Amy Whipple and Liza Holeski (holeskilab.weebly.com), Dept. of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University.  Research will focus on trangenerational plasticity in Populus trichocarpa, a model forest tree species. The graduate student will use laboratory and field-based approaches to investigate relative effects of genetics and within- and across generation phenotypic plasticity of plant traits relevant to adaptation to environmental change.

For more information about the NAU Biology department and graduate programs, visit http://nau.edu/cefns/natsci/biology/ Northern Arizona University (http://www.nau.edu) is a comprehensive public

institution located in Flagstaff, AZ (population 65,000; elevation 7000ft) on the southern Colorado Plateau, adjacent to mountains, deserts, and the Grand Canyon. For more about NAU=92s facilities for studying the interactions on climate change and genetics please see:=20 http://www.sega.nau.edu/  Support would be through teaching assistantship initially. PhD student applicants may be eligible to apply for additional support through NAU Presidential Fellowship Program:=20 https://nau.edu/gradcol/financing/presidential-fellowship-program/  Interested candidates should contact Amy and Liza (amy.whipple@nau.edu and liza.holeski@nau.edu) by November 15th, 2017.  Please include a C.V. and a brief description of your background and research interests.

The Lankau research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a highly qualified PhD student to start Fall 2018 as part of an NSF funded project investigating the role of rhizosphere microbial communities in mediating range dynamics in tree species and populations in response to changing climates. The student would join a team including post-doctoral scholars, research technicians, and undergraduates, but would have substantial room to develop his/her dissertation focus within the broader project goals.

Students could pursue studies through several programs on campus. Interested applicants should contact me directly to discuss the best fit to their particular interests and goals (lankau@wisc.edu). You can learn more about the breadth of ecological research across the UW-Madison campus through the Wisconsin Ecology website (https://ecology.wisc.edu/).

*Fire and climate change in the Boreal Forests of Alaska*

The Global Environmental Change Laboratory at Portland State University (

https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/gec_lab/) seeks a PhD student to work on

a NSF-funded project examining how increased fire frequency in Alaskan

boreal forests affects vegetation dynamics and carbon cycling. The

researcher will join a multidisciplinary team (remote sensing, modeling of

ecosystem processes and field vegetation and soil/permafrost dynamics),

with collaborators at multiple institutions, including University of

Alaska, U. Florida, U. Idaho and NC State. The PhD student will lead the

effort to understand how climate change will affect post-fire recovery of

species composition, carbon cycling, and depth to permafrost using

LANDIS-II, a widely-used forest simulation model (www.landis-ii.org).  The

student will be mentored by Dr. Melissa Lucash (

https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/lucash/) but he/she will also work

closely with students, staff and faculty at the collaborating universities,

including Dr. Vladimir Romanovsky, Dr. Jason Vogel, Dr. Brian Buma, Dr. Tim

Link and Dr. Robert Scheller.

Applicants should have a BS or MS  in forestry, biology, environmental

science or geography.  Ideal applicants will have field experience and be

comfortable in remote locations with a large field crew (7-9 people) for up

to two weeks at a time.  This paid position will begin with fieldwork in

the summer of 2018, before progressing to graduate classes at PSU.  This

position is fully funded for at least three years with tuition remission.

Portland, Oregon is a wonderful, inclusive community with close proximity

to many beautiful outdoor opportunities.  Our lab group is large, diverse,

productive and supportive of one another (

https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/gec_lab/people).

Please contact Dr. Melissa S. Lucash (lucash@pdx.edu) for more

information.  Please include your resume/CV, along with =E2=80=9CPhD openin=

g at

PSU=E2=80=9D in your subject line.  Our project website is here:

https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/alaska-reburns/

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*Dr. Melissa S. Lucash*

*Research Assistant Professor*

*Department of Geography*

*Portland State University*

*Portland, OR*

*lucash[a] pdx.edu <lucash@pdx.edu>*

*503-725-3894 (office)*

*https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/lucash/

<https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/lucash/>*

The Manthey lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech
University is recruiting highly-motivated individuals for graduate studies
(PhD or MS) in genomics to begin in Summer or Fall 2018. We use
computational biology, fieldwork, and labwork to answer fundamental
questions in evolution, ecology, and conservation biology.

The major themes of our current research are: (1) evolutionary genomics and
transposable element evolution in woodpeckers, (2) population genomics in
North American birds, (3) bird diversification and landscape genomics in
sky islands. Graduate students would be expected to develop research
questions under these broad themes. We have financial support for multiple
students through research and teaching assistantships, including additional
summer support and research funds. For more information about the lab?s
research and opportunities, please check our site: https://secure-web.cisco.com/18VuVJhzCbd8zyzG0GhFdJevmlHImbUiWuwOGDAC3gXAcYSKKx2aCJV_1x0yD7TH8L54utuqV4K46h9DbIyF_nX8YQT8zfuLNMPKl00lFG_rS8H0Bzf0D7hBXGbjbazov-ql33VePvYau6A87RC8UwstgyjmB73w6bGQzJ1_ePoq6oO_wKfrOUVmDK_nT_fdjmIsUF6Kiyvzwqfa611P9HIGQ_OOAoa6d8m5G7j0s63ND0dAbb_6_gMdVRZBpK8gUvxQ-nbSpVBxQMGHhzxtZQK6nz-sneeSf8DxsDNu-8361NboyevODsIvwNvaSonsqURrwDrY7xPvIVUtwl9AJ5s-T6pI76A5FhiK3ZupDjoCYwe2ZyFX8Ez7LH7aqUCvCP-bdF3C6jvts6BciTEYlTSowEY-4PBMTKS5-UXa5_568q14OyzDfGwrf6aA8D3hLVniatedODgG20kQ5JAVCzQ/https%3A%2F%2Fmantheylab.org%2F

Interested individuals should email a CV/resume to Dr. Joseph Manthey (
jdmanthey@gmail.com), as well as a short description of how your interests
and the research topics of our research group complement each other.

The Department of Biological Sciences has a strong and dynamic group of
scientists with a focus in ecology and evolutionary biology. The department
has strengths in multiple areas of genomics, bioinformatics, and
specialized disciplines of ecology and evolutionary biology. The
departmental website can be found here: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/biology/

~Deadline for applications~ Our department has year-long open admissions,
but has deadlines to be considered for scholarships and fellowships. For
Fall 2018, this deadline is January 15, 2018. Please find all application
details here: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/biology/Graduate/graduatestudies.php

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. While academic and GRE
scores have a role in admissions, motivation, passion for biology, and
research experience are highly valued. Texas Tech University is an Equal
Opportunity Employer, and we welcome applications from all qualified
persons and will ensure that all applicants are treated fairly, equally,
and respectfully.

Joseph D. Manthey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Texas Tech University
Email: jdmanthey@gmail.com
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jdmanthey@gmail.com