*/Call for PhD position in Amphibian Conservation in Australia!/*
/Like working with wildlife?/
/Want to help save declining Australian frogs from disease?/
/Interested in modeling, disease ecology, reproduction, or genetics?/
*The One Health Research Group*at James Cook University in Townsville,
Queensland, Australia is looking to support one /PhD project to
investigate and model the effects of disease on reproduction, courting
behaviour, and population persistence in declining frog species/.
The project is *funded* through Australian Research Council’s funding
scheme, and the PhD scholar will be advised by Drs Lee Skerratt, Laura
Brannelly and Lee Berger among others. The project will be based in
Townsville, Queensland.
*One aim of the project will be*to develop a population viability
analysis that will be useful as a conservation tool for determining
priority of management techniques in declining amphibian species. The
successful scholar will be part of a larger project and have the
opportunity to assist with field work (based in Victorian alps) and/or
live animal laboratory work (based at JCU) to collect the data to be
used in the model. The model will be used to assess which host factors
may be important in maintaining population size and influence population
rebound.
*Other aims of this project*might include identifying genes under
selection within wild populations, and investigating the effects of
disease on population genetics.
*To be eligible*,
/Expertise needed:/Applicants must have some modeling experience and/or
organization of large data sets, as well a deep interest in analysis of
population data.Applicants must have experience with biological research
such as ecology, herpetology, or molecular biology. Skills or interest
in population genetics is an advantage.
/Scholarship applications are competitive/– applicants must have
first-class Honours, Master’s by research or equivalent. Peer reviewed
publications are beneficial. Post Graduate Research Scholarships for
stipends are available through James Cook University, for which the
applicant will need to apply separately.
*/Please submit a CV, cover letter and contact information for two
referees to Dr. Laura Brannelly [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>by 10 August 2018./*
*For more information*about our research team please visit our website:
https://www.jcu.edu.au/college-of-public-health-medical-and-veterinary-sciences/public-health-and-tropical-medicine/one-health-research-group2
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Laura A Brannelly, PhD
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DECRA Postdoctoral Research Fellow
One Health Research Group
Department of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences
James Cook University
