We are recruiting two PhD students to work on a project testing how land management practices affect the availability and quality of floral resources for bees. One student focusing on nutrition will be directly supervised by Dr. Shawn Wilder (http://wildershawn.wixsite.com/wilderlab) in the Department of Integrative Biology at Oklahoma State University. The other student will focus on pesticide toxicology and will be directly supervised by Dr. Kristen Baum (http://kabaum.wix.com/home) and Dr. Jason Belden (http://jbelden.wixsite.com/beldenlab) in the Dept. of Integrative Biology. Both students will work as a collaborative team with faculty examining how land management affects multiple stressors for pollinator communities. Support will include a combination of research and teaching assistantships. Ideal candidates will have completed a MS by the end of spring 2018 and be able to start fieldwork in the summer of 2018. The project will involve fieldwork throughout Oklahoma, including sampling vegetation, collecting floral resources, working with honey bee hives, and collecting pollen from native bees and honey bees. Lab work will focus on identifying samples and conducting nutritional and pesticide analyses. Applicants should have a driver’s license and be capable of working in the field for extended periods. To apply, please send a cover letter describing your research experience and qualifications, your CV with GPA and GRE scores, and contact information for 3 references to [email protected] (nutrition) or [email protected] (toxicology). Please send application materials as soon as possible and no later than January 24.
