Graduate Positions in Evolutionary Biology at Illinois State University
MS and PhD positions are available in the Nietlisbach Lab at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, USA, to start in summer or fall 2025. We have openings within two projects.
We seek one to two candidates interested in studying extra-pair reproduction and its costs and benefits in a house wren population in central Illinois. We additionally seek a candidate interested in studying the evolutionary genomics of isolated island populations of North American deermice, possibly involving their microbiomes.
Please see our lab website for further information about these
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Interested students are encouraged to contact Pirmin Nietlisbach (mailto:pnietli@ilstu.edu). Please include a cover letter explaining what projects and questions interest you, why you would like to pursue graduate studies and how your experiences have prepared you for it. Please also include a CV and a copy of your course transcript.
After an initial screening of applications, we will set up Zoom meetings in November. Preferred candidates will then be encouraged to formally apply to our graduate program by February 1, 2025.
Please see this website for more information about our graduate program, associated benefits (tuition waiver and teaching assistantships), and its admission requirements:
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Dr. Pirmin Nietlisbach (he, him, his)
Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology School of Biological Sciences Illinois State University Normal, IL 61790-4120 United States of America
Website: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.illinoisstate.edu%2Fpnietli%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmid14018%40ad.uconn.edu%7Cf0899f33c34d4046037508dcea840c2c%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638643100081771843%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yGGiT68tUSFxhwdSw3MybPMPmu%2BFveGjCRgczUT6qC8%3D&reserved=0
Office: Science Lab Building 339
Email: mailto:pnietli@ilstu.edu
Phone: +1 (309) 438 8549