The Martin lab at the University of South Florida (Global and Planetary Health 
Area within the College of 
Public Health) is seeking PhD students for the Fall 2019 semester.  

We use combinations of field and lab work (including experimental infections in 
our ABSL-3 facility),  
predominantly in songbirds and exclusively in vertebrates, in each of the three 
study areas.

i) causes and consequences of behavioral and especially physiological variation 
among individual hosts 
for zoonotic disease dynamics, particularly West Nile virus;

ii) molecular epigenetic and physiological mechanisms facilitating range 
expansions of non-native 
species;

iii) allometry in immune defenses and other traits that affect host-parasite 
interactions.

Ideally, incoming students will develop research projects that complement one 
of these topics, but 
former trainees have worked on various projects from meta-analyses of immune 
costs, to behavioral 
endocrinology, to developmental plasticity in mate choice.

Students accepted to the program will initially be funded on a 2-year 
fellowship through the College, 
which includes both a stipend and tuition waiver.  Thereafter, support will 
come either through Research 
Assistantships on Martin lab grants, or Teaching Assistantships for online 
classes within the college.  All 
applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for their own fellowships however.  
One of the most 
appropriate options for our lab is the National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral 
Fellowship 
(https://www.nsfgrfp.org).

If interested, please send a CV and a cover letter describing your research 
interests and experiences to 
lbmar...@usf.edu by September 30, 2018. Also, feel free to ask questions about 
the lab orientation 
program in your email.  Although the official application deadline for the 
College is November 15, this 
early date will allow us to determine in advance whether our interests align.

You can learn more about the College and the Global Health Area at our website 
(http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/gh), and you can learn more about the 
Martin lab here 
(www.organismalbiology.weebly.com). 

The University of South Florida is a diverse research university located in 
Tampa, FL 
(http://www.usf.edu/). USF is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not 
discriminate on the basis of 
race, color, marital status, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, 
genetic information, gender 
identity and expression, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

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