The Resetarits Lab at Texas Tech is seeking PhD. students to work on projects at the interface between community, behavioral, and evolutionary ecology. Current work focuses on the role of habitat selection in the assembly of communities and the dynamics of metacommunities, the role of species diversity in community assembly/ecosystem function, and ecological character displacement and community structure in assemblages of intra-guild predators. I also have a long-standing interest in complex life histories (e.g., amphibians, insects). Focal taxa include amphibians, aquatic insects, and fish, while habitats range from small ephemeral, coastal plain ponds to headwater mountain streams. Existing projects are primarily in the Eastern US, but opportunities exist to develop projects in the unique aquatic habitats of the Southwest. Students are expected to develop their research projects (empirical and/or theoretical) around the larger themes identified above. Funding for past and ongoing research has come primarily from the National Science Foundation.
Texas Tech has a dynamic group of ecologists and evolutionary biologists, many of whom work at the interface between ecology, evolution, and behavior. Funding for both research and teaching assistantships are available to support students. For more information or to apply, please attach a letter of interest and resume (including contact information for 3 references) to Dr. William Resetarits. Website is currently under development, but I will be happy to send a collection of reprints.
