PhD fellowship in Community/Population Ecology I am looking for highly motivated graduate students in community/population ecology starting September 2009 in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice University in Houston, Texas. I will consider applicants who wish to pursue fundamental research on any aspect of population/community/evolutionary ecology.
My research examines the ecological factors that generate and determine the structure, dynamics and functioning of natural communities. Current projects focus on the effect of parasites on the dynamics of populations & communities, the effects of cannibalism and size structure on the dynamics and functioning of natural communities, the consequences of infectious diseases for community dynamics and biodiversity, the evolutionary dynamics resulting from the interaction of cannibalism and diseases/ parasitoids. While most of my work has been carried out in aquatic (freshwater) systems using organisms that range from stream salamanders to dragonfly larvae to zooplankton I am amenable to students developing projects in other study systems. For further information in my research visit http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~volker.rudolf/index.htm Please see our departmental website <http://eeb.rice.edu/> for more information about the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice University, our research and graduate programs, and the recent addition of several outstanding new faculty complementing our strengths in a variety of research areas ranging from the ecology and evolution of interspecific interactions, tropical & conservation biology, invasive species, and forest community dynamics to genomics, speciation, and the evolution of sociality. Formal application materials for graduate school can be submitted using the above website. Interested students should send me an email and attach a copy of their CV. Volker Rudolf Assistant Professor Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Rice University Houston, TX, 77005 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~volker.rudolf/
