Applications are now being accepted for integrative graduate education in Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon (UO).
The Department of Biology and the Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IE2) at the University of Oregon seek outstanding applicants for the PhD program. We are looking for highly motivated students who wish to develop high-caliber research programs in any area of ecology and evolutionary biology. IE2 consists of a dynamic, energetic, and highly interactive group of faculty members, graduate students, and postdocs whose research interests are world-renowned and span traditional disciplines. Particular strengths of the group include evolutionary genetics and genomics, evolution of development, and microbial, population, community, and ecosystems ecology. IE2 consists of faculty from multiple departments on campus, including Biology, Anthropology, Math, and Geography. In addition, IE2 maintains close ties with other research institutes and departments on campus, including the Institutes of Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, and the Departments of Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, and Landscape Architecture. Our integrative approach to research and graduate education is supported by numerous grants, training grants, and fellowships from both federal and privately-funded sources. The University of Oregon is located in the heart of Eugene, a progressive and very livable city of approximately 200,000 people. Eugene provides many opportunities for intellectual and cultural stimulation, and its location is ideal for the naturalist at heart being within an easy 1-2 hour drive of both the Cascade Mountains and the Oregon Coast. It is consistently voted one of the top ten greenest cities in the U.S. For more information about IE2 and individual faculty research interests, please see the IE2 website (http://ie2.uoregon.edu) as well as individual lab websites. For information about graduate studies in the Department of Biology, or to submit an online application, please see: http://biology.uoregon.edu/graduate-studies/apply/ . The deadline for online applications is December 1, 2016. For specific inquiries about IE2, contact Matt Streisfeld ([email protected]). For inquiries about the graduate application process, please contact the Biology Department Graduate Program Manager, Jessica Wilson ([email protected]).
