PH.D STUDENT OPENING IN COMMUNITY ECOLOGY The Ernest Lab at the University of Florida has an opening for a Ph.D student in the area of Community Ecology to start fall 2015. The student will be supported as a graduate research assistant as part of an NSF-funded project at a long-term research site (portalproject.weecology.org) in southeastern Arizona to study regime shifts (rapid shifts in ecosystem structure and function). This position will participate in data collection efforts in Arizona on rodents and plants.
The Ernest lab is interested in general questions about the processes that structure communities, with a particular focus on understanding how ecological communities change through time. Students are free to develop their own research projects depending on their interests. The Ernest Lab is currently at Utah State University, but is moving to the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida starting summer 2015. More information about the lab is available at: http://ernestlab.weecology.org and http://jabberwocky.weecology.org/2014/09/29/ernest-lab-ph-d-opening-at-university-of-florida/ Interested students should contact Dr. Morgan Ernest ([email protected]) by Nov 15th, 2014 with their CV, GRE scores, and a brief statement of research interests.
