Graduate position: IowaStateU.EvolutionaryBiology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) graduate program at Iowa State University is recruiting outstanding, motivated graduate students to join a large community of ecology and evolutionary biology researchers https://eeb.iastate.edu/. Research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and a variety of fellowship opportunities are open to students. The application deadline for Fall 2018 admission is 15 December 2017.

Research of the EEB faculty spans diverse topics across population genetics, evolutionary ecology, behavior, macroevolution, and systematics with particular strength in using molecular and computational approaches to solve evolutionary questions. Admission through the EEB program provides opportunities for new graduate students to develop multidisciplinary projects by drawing from the expertise of faculty across 10 participating departments with diverse ecology and evolutionary biology interests. Potential students are encouraged to explore the research underway at ISU through the EEB program and contact individual faculty mentors about opportunities in their group (see partial list below):

Dean Adams: Evolutionary theory, macroevolution of vertebrate morphological diversity, morphometrics, biostatistics. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~dcadams/

<http://www.public.iastate.edu/~dcadams/>Jim Adelman: Linking individual variation in animal behavior and physiology to population-level processes, such as infectious disease dynamics. www.nrem.iastate.edu/people/james-adelman<http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/people/james-adelman>

Anne Bronikowski: Evolutionary ecology of life histories in reptiles through the study of comparative physiology, demography, and genetics. http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/anne-bronikowski

Tracy Heath: Statistical phylogenetics – development, implementation, and application of Bayesian methods for inferring phylogenetic trees and macroevolutionary dynamics. http://secure-web.cisco.com/1l-vWn6SpzaA7UQx8QfXbQGnfFNt2-NQS47Mrtlj6kfYX3vee5MLRuRZMFHbC1LqzSk9pMhg9bMTQW-P4hClWjbOlmpKqQHDpvAlSxKsFzVll3rP1jne3CPomEQUVxjXcPYVGdNWQk7_IMHXsKRPLt4pKKiP4xrGaswfjlyociXDLC4gxx9jwAax88gwRHkyVDNKgFAkLCQBBF-s6LLYhGZ8jd02isV04YJgxAGRGOrZZyHbXcgtkxjSzzG3jC6gWFsJbd8Dfum3gP3KSTtVxWPa3iL5R92erzKDFt-4X_8rlZxSXFvg2Rsm_TdGLMvT2Z3g8XWZdYp-vLqbW-tDP_GNNlImtU95HRXE8ht7ItGdsllhE8TEj-k7s8iZwmcgMzhSW7nTO8iZY2M-UfmkMRX5IImKrY2VLBrKKWZKs-RpcL4Myzbq4Ol3XH-lg_rjp/http%3A%2F%2Fphyloworks.org%2F

Matthew Hufford: Evolution and adaptation of maize during initial domestication and subsequent global spread via comparative and population genomic analysis. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mhufford/HuffordLab/home.html

Fredric Janzen: Ecology and evolution of diverse sex-determining mechanisms, life histories, and population structures in reptiles in light of rapid environmental change. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~fjanzen

John Nason: Coevolutionary dynamics, species specificity, and reproductive isolating mechanisms in fig-pollinator-parasite interactions. http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/nason/

Kevin J. Roe: Conservation genetics/genomics and phylogenetic of freshwater organisms. https://www.nrem.iastate.edu/people/kevin-roe

Haldre Rogers: Plant-animal interactions for terrestrial communities with a focus on seed dispersal, food webs, extinctions, novel ecosystems, evolutionary ecology, invasive species, tropical ecology, and conservation.https://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/haldre-rogers<https://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/haldre-rogers>

Jeanne Serb: Evolutionary origin of eyes in molluscs through the study of protein function, comparative genomics, and phylogeny. https://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/jeanne-serb

Nicole Valenzuela: Ecological/Evolutionary/Functional/Conservation genomics of sex determination, sex chromosomes, and genome organization in turtles through comparative transcriptomics/epigenomics/molecular-cytogenetics/phylogenomics. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nvalenzu/

Brian Wilsey: Studies biodiversity loss, restoration ecology, and ecosystem processes in grassland ecosystems.http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/wilsey/

Environment: EEB is an interdepartmental program of 50 faculty embedded in a highly integrative and collaborative campus (https://eeb.iastate.edu/dir/faculty/ ). Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa, a community of nearly 60,000, recently ranked as one of the most livable small cities in the nation. The university enrolls more than 30,000 students and is committed to achieving inclusive excellence through a diverse workforce. Iowa State University values diversity and is an AA/EEO employer with an ADVANCE program

Questions: Please contact the EEB Director (serb@iastate.edu<mailto:serb@iastate.edu>) or any of the faculty in the EEB program with questions about research. For questions about admission, please contact Ms. Lynette Edsall (camelot@iastate.edu<mailto:camelot@iastate.edu>)

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<a name=”x__MailEndCompose”>The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) graduate program
at Iowa State University is recruiting outstanding, motivated graduate students to join a large community of ecology and evolutionary biology researchers </a><a href=”https://eeb.iastate.edu/” style=”color: blue;”>https://eeb.iastate.edu/</a>.
Research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and a variety of fellowship opportunities are open to students. The application deadline for Fall 2018 admission is 15 December
2017.

 

Research of the EEB faculty
spans diverse topics across population genetics, evolutionary ecology, behavior, macroevolution, and systematics with particular strength in using molecular and computational approaches to solve evolutionary questions.  Admission through the EEB program provides
opportunities for new graduate students to develop multidisciplinary projects by drawing from the expertise of faculty across 10 participating departments with diverse ecology and evolutionary biology interests. Potential students are encouraged to explore
the research underway at ISU through the EEB program and contact individual faculty mentors about opportunities in their group (see partial list below): 
 


Dean Adams: Evolutionary
theory, macroevolution of vertebrate morphological diversity, morphometrics, biostatistics. <a href=”http://www.public.iastate.edu/~dcadams/” style=”color: blue;”>http://www.public.iastate.edu/~dcadams/</a>
 

<a href=”http://www.public.iastate.edu/~dcadams/” style=”color: blue;”></a>Jim
Adelman: Linking individual variation in animal behavior and physiology to population-level processes, such as infectious disease dynamics. <a href=”http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/people/james-adelman” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” class=”x_OWAAutoLink” id=”LPlnk123207″ previewremoved=”true” style=”font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;”>www.nrem.iastate.edu/people/james-adelman</a>

 

Anne Bronikowski: Evolutionary
ecology of life histories in reptiles through the study of comparative physiology, demography, and genetics. <a href=”http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/anne-bronikowski” style=”color: blue;”>http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/anne-bronikowski</a>

 

Tracy Heath: Statistical phylogenetics -
development, implementation, and application of Bayesian methods for inferring phylogenetic trees and macroevolutionary dynamics. <a href=”http://secure-web.cisco.com/1l-vWn6SpzaA7UQx8QfXbQGnfFNt2-NQS47Mrtlj6kfYX3vee5MLRuRZMFHbC1LqzSk9pMhg9bMTQW-P4hClWjbOlmpKqQHDpvAlSxKsFzVll3rP1jne3CPomEQUVxjXcPYVGdNWQk7_IMHXsKRPLt4pKKiP4xrGaswfjlyociXDLC4gxx9jwAax88gwRHkyVDNKgFAkLCQBBF-s6LLYhGZ8jd02isV04YJgxAGRGOrZZyHbXcgtkxjSzzG3jC6gWFsJbd8Dfum3gP3KSTtVxWPa3iL5R92erzKDFt-4X_8rlZxSXFvg2Rsm_TdGLMvT2Z3g8XWZdYp-vLqbW-tDP_GNNlImtU95HRXE8ht7ItGdsllhE8TEj-k7s8iZwmcgMzhSW7nTO8iZY2M-UfmkMRX5IImKrY2VLBrKKWZKs-RpcL4Myzbq4Ol3XH-lg_rjp/http%3A%2F%2Fphyloworks.org%2F” style=”color: blue;”>http://secure-web.cisco.com/1l-vWn6SpzaA7UQx8QfXbQGnfFNt2-NQS47Mrtlj6kfYX3vee5MLRuRZMFHbC1LqzSk9pMhg9bMTQW-P4hClWjbOlmpKqQHDpvAlSxKsFzVll3rP1jne3CPomEQUVxjXcPYVGdNWQk7_IMHXsKRPLt4pKKiP4xrGaswfjlyociXDLC4gxx9jwAax88gwRHkyVDNKgFAkLCQBBF-s6LLYhGZ8jd02isV04YJgxAGRGOrZZyHbXcgtkxjSzzG3jC6gWFsJbd8Dfum3gP3KSTtVxWPa3iL5R92erzKDFt-4X_8rlZxSXFvg2Rsm_TdGLMvT2Z3g8XWZdYp-vLqbW-tDP_GNNlImtU95HRXE8ht7ItGdsllhE8TEj-k7s8iZwmcgMzhSW7nTO8iZY2M-UfmkMRX5IImKrY2VLBrKKWZKs-RpcL4Myzbq4Ol3XH-lg_rjp/http%3A%2F%2Fphyloworks.org%2F</a>

 

Matthew Hufford: Evolution
and adaptation of maize during initial domestication and subsequent global spread via comparative and population genomic analysis. <a href=”http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mhufford/HuffordLab/home.html” style=”color: blue;”>http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mhufford/HuffordLab/home.html</a>

  

Fredric Janzen:
Ecology and evolution of diverse sex-determining mechanisms, life histories, and population structures in reptiles in light of rapid environmental change. <a href=”http://www.public.iastate.edu/~fjanzen” target=”_blank” id=”LPlnk608704″ previewremoved=”true” style=”color: blue;”>http://www.public.iastate.edu/~fjanzen</a>
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John Nason: Coevolutionary dynamics, species specificity,
and reproductive isolating mechanisms in fig-pollinator-parasite interactions. <a href=”http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/nason/” style=”color: blue;”>http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/nason/</a>
 
Kevin J. Roe: Conservation genetics/genomics and
phylogenetic of freshwater organisms. <a href=”https://www.nrem.iastate.edu/people/kevin-roe” id=”LPlnk135894″ previewremoved=”true” style=”color: blue;”>https://www.nrem.iastate.edu/people/kevin-roe</a>
 
Haldre Rogers: Plant-animal
interactions for terrestrial communities with a focus on seed dispersal, food webs, extinctions, novel ecosystems, evolutionary ecology, invasive species, tropical ecology, and conservation.<a href=”https://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/haldre-rogers” style=”color: blue;”>https://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/haldre-rogers </a>
 
Jeanne Serb: Evolutionary origin of eyes in molluscs through
the study of protein function, comparative genomics, and phylogeny. <a href=”https://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/jeanne-serb” style=”color: blue;”>https://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/jeanne-serb</a>
 
Nicole Valenzuela: Ecological/Evolutionary/Functional/Conservation
genomics of sex determination, sex chromosomes, and genome organization in turtles through comparative transcriptomics/epigenomics/molecular-cytogenetics/phylogenomics. <a href=”http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nvalenzu/” style=”color: blue;”>http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nvalenzu/</a>
 
Brian Wilsey: Studies biodiversity loss, restoration ecology, and ecosystem processes in grassland ecosystems.<a href=”http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/wilsey/” style=”color: blue;”>http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/wilsey/</a>
 
 
Environment: EEB is an interdepartmental program
of 50 faculty embedded in a highly integrative and collaborative campus (<a href=”https://eeb.iastate.edu/dir/faculty/” style=”color: blue;”>https://eeb.iastate.edu/dir/faculty/</a> ). Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa, a community of nearly 60,000,
recently ranked as one of the most livable small cities in the nation. The university enrolls more than 30,000 students and is committed to achieving inclusive excellence through a diverse workforce. Iowa State University values diversity and is an AA/EEO
employer with an ADVANCE program
 
Questions: Please contact the EEB Director (<a href=”mailto:serb@iastate.edu” style=”color: blue;”>serb@iastate.edu</a>) or any of the faculty in the EEB program with questions about research.  For questions about admission, please contact Ms. Lynette Edsall (<a href=”mailto:camelot@iastate.edu” style=”color: blue;”>camelot@iastate.edu</a>)
 
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