We’re recruiting graduate students to the Layton Lab at the University of Toronto! We’re broadly interested in molluscan systematics, evolution and genomics and we work on a number of different systems and questions spanning both micro and macroevolutionary scales. For detailed information about our research, please see here: https://www.laytonlab.com/

Grad students will be part of the vibrant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at the University of Toronto. Please see their website

(https://eeb.utoronto.ca/education/graduate/ for more information about the department.

Applicants should send along a CV, a brief statement (max 250 words) describing their research interests and motivation for pursuing graduate studies and unofficial transcripts by November 1st for full consideration (kara.layton@utoronto.ca).  Our group welcomes, supports and encourages diversity in academia so please don’t hesitate to ask how my supervisory approach, and the research group more broadly, can best meet your needs.

Anticipated start date of September 2025 but early admission may be possible.

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