#Aquatic Management Fort Collins

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Fwd: Graduate position: UWyoming.EvolutionaryEcol

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@web.rhpcs.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Graduate position: UWyoming.EvolutionaryEcol > Date: 13 December 2021 at 05:42:46 GMT > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > PhD position intergrating evolutionary biology and ecological > stoichiometry > > The Wagner Lab (cewagnerlab.com) at the University of Wyoming is > recruiting a PhD student to work on integrating ideas in evolutionary > biology and ecological stoichiometry as part of the NSF-funded grant, > Stoichiometric Traits of Organisms In their Chemical Habitats (STOICH) > project (https://ift.tt/2ZSI17f). Specifically, the student will > work on topics related to the evolution and assembly of stoichiometric > traits in animal communities. We will use community datasets combined > with information about environmental and organismal stoichiometry and > phylogenetic data to better understand 1) how stoichometric traits > evolve and 2) the influence of stoichiometric traits on community > assembly processes. The student will work within the context of our > large, multi-institutional project integrating data on aquatic ecological > stoichiometric data in the STOICH database, and will be part of a diverse, > multidisciplinary team. There is considerable room for motivated students > to shape research directions based upon individual interests within > this research context. The student will work on diverse taxa, including > macroinvertebrates and fishes, with opportunity to connect with several > study systems that are the focus of work in the Wagner Lab and labs of > STOICH project collaborators. > > The Wagner Lab is committed to diversity and inclusion and particularly > welcomes applications from historically underrepresented individuals. The > University of Wyoming has strong research programs in ecology and > evolutionary biology across multiple departments, including Botany, > Zoology and Physiology, Ecosystem Science and Management, Plant > Sciences. The student will join UW's Program in Ecology and Evolution, > an interdepartmental PhD program (https://ift.tt/3rYYoex). The > university is located in Laramie, a community in southeastern Wyoming > that is nestled between the Laramie and Snowy Mountain ranges, which > offer ample opportunity for skiing, climbing, hiking, and mountain > biking. Laramie has a relatively low cost of living, is close to field > sites across a wide variety of vegetation types from mixed grass prairie > to alpine tundra, rivers and lakes, and is within easy driving distance > of Colorado's Front Range corridor (Fort Collins, Boulder, and Denver). > > To express interest in the position, please email Dr. Catherine > ("Katie") Wagner (catherine.wagner@uwyo.edu) with the subject line > "STOICH PhD Position" and include a CV and a brief cover letter > describing your research background and motivation for interest in > working on this project. Inquiries are welcome until the position is > filled, but applicants are encouraged to write to express interest in > the position before the end of December 2021. > > > "Catherine E. Wagner" > via IFTTT