The Eviner lab at University of California, Davis is looking for an enthusiastic and exceptional PhD student to begin Summer 2010 (highly qualified Masters candidates may also be considered).
Funding for this student is related to a large interdisciplinary project- looking at impacts of climate change on alpine and subalpine ecosystems in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. In particular, the project focuses on understanding how interactions among vegetation types and a suite of mammals (e.g. pika, marmot, bighorn sheep, squirrels) will drive changes in both the plant and mammal communities in response to warming. The exact nature of the student's project will be determined according to student interests and project needs, but requires an emphasis on plant ecology. Further information on the Eviner lab can be found at: http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/plantsciences_faculty/eviner/ If you are interested in joining the lab, please contact Dr. Valerie Eviner ([email protected]) and provide: - a description of your research interests - a summary of your research experiences - a CV, including GPA and GRE scores - Contacts for 3 references. For those encouraged to apply to the graduate program, information on the application process at UCD's Graduate Group in Ecology can be found here: http://ecology.ucdavis.edu/ Application deadline to UCD is December 15, 2009.
