We are looking for two new students to join our research group in butterfly ecology and conservation. A Ph.D. student will work jointly with Cheryl Schultz at Washington State University Vancouver and Elizabeth Crone at Harvard Forest. The position is part of a grant funded by SERDP (Strategic Environmental Research and Defense Program) to investigate source-sink dynamics of at-risk butterflies and includes collaborators at WSU, Harvard, Duke, North Carolina State University and the Institute for Wildlife Studies. The student will investigate butterfly ecology in the context of management actions that potentially trigger source-sink dynamics. A second position for an MS or PhD student is available in general butterfly ecology and conservation. This research will build on current research in the Schultz lab. Please see our websites for overview of our research approach and list of publications: http://research.vancouver.wsu.edu/cheryl-schultz and http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/crone/elizabeth-crone
The students will be enrolled in the Sciences Program at WSU Vancouver. The Program provides students with an interdisciplinary, applications-oriented education in environmental science where students can select to pursue PhD in Biology or Environmental Science. Students will be financially supported through a combination of teaching and research assistantships. Washington State University Vancouver is a new and rapidly growing campus in the WSU system located in Vancouver, Washington just north of Portland, Oregon. For more information, see http://science.vancouver.wsu.edu/ All teaching/research assistantships include tuition waivers as part of their stipends. We anticipate that the PhD/SERDP position will spend ~1 semester/year at Harvard Forest (see: http://scholar.harvard.edu/cronelab/biocv and: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/). Interested students should send a CV/resume, transcripts and a letter describing past research experience and future research interests to Cheryl Schultz, [email protected]. We will do an initial review of applications starting on April 15, 2012, and continue reviewing applications until the positions are filled. We are open to students interested in starting in Fall 2012, Spring 2013 or Fall 2013. We encourage all interested students to contact Cheryl Schultz or Elizabeth Crone ([email protected]) to learn more about the program and research in our labs.
