PhD position – Ecosystem Services in Agronomic Systems. -Full funding support is available for four years for a PhD position in the lab of Dr. Andrew MacDougall - University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. -We seek a highly-motivated PhD candidate with a theoretical or empirical background in ecology at the MSc or undergraduate level, to explore issues of diversity-function relationships and farm-based ecosystem services. There can be an emphasis on soil, insect, or plant dynamics depending on the candidate’s interests. Students in my lab are currently examining trophic island biogeography, predator-prey oscillations, plant-pollinator feedbacks, insect food-web assembly, the spatial dynamics of diversity, and indirect drivers of plant invasion. Our research focus is theoretical in emphasis, but we apply our work through ongoing collaborations with ALUS Canada (http://alus.ca/). -Details of our lab can be found at: www.uoguelph.ca/~amacdo02/MacDougall_Lab/Home%20Page.html. -If interested, please e-mail a brief statement of research interest, CV, an unofficial transcript, and the names of two academic referees to [email protected]. The position can start fall 2017 or winter/summer 2018.
The University of Guelph is consistently ranked as one of Canada’s top research universities. The Department of Integrative Biology resides within the College of Biological Sciences and is a diverse department dedicated to excellence in research and scholarship. It is home to 36 full-time faculty who lead research in three overlapping themes: comparative animal physiology, ecology and evolutionary biology. Graduate students are able to pursue studies in all aspects of biology from genes to entire ecosystems, and tailor their program of study to their individual interests and background. The Graduate Program in Integrative Biology is recognized as one of the finest in the country for research, training, and scholarship.
