Dear Morphmet-ers, Apologies for the cross-posting with geomorph.
I would like to invite anyone interested in morphometrics and computational phylogenetics to apply for a PhD position at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, with research stays at University of California Berkeley. The student will be supervised by myself and Rasmus Nielsen. I paste some details below, but see the full posting here -> https://job.jobnet.dk/CV/FindWork/DetailsWidk/5474197 *PhD fellowship in Computational Phylogenetics at the GLOBE Institute* We are offering a PhD fellowship in Computational Phylogenetics commencing 1 March 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. *Our group and research* This project will be carried out in the Center for Computational Evolutionary Morphometrics (CCEM) – a new interdisciplinary center for development of phylogenetic methods for analyses of morphology. The center is led by Stefan Sommer (UCPH), Rasmus Nielsen (UCPH, Berkeley), Mads Nielsen (UCPH) and Christy Hipsley (UCPH). It is physically located in Copenhagen, but with strong links to University of California, Berkeley. The project participants should expect to participate in visits and research stays at UC Berkeley. This position will be housed in the GLOBE institute, at the section for GeoGenetics: https://globe.ku.dk/research/geogenetics/, which is part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (SUND). *Project description* Organismal morphology is studied in biology to decode evolutionary relationships among species and to test evolutionary hypotheses in the context of phylogenies. The Stochastic Morphometry project aims to develop statistical models of evolutionary morphological change, thereby making phylogenetic inference tools applicable for studying shape evolution. The aim is to develop an entirely new framework for phylogenetic analyses that treat the full 2D or 3D shape, such as the 2D shape of a butterfly wing or the 3D shape of a mammalian cranium, as an evolving object along the lineages of a phylogeny. This position will focus on developing computational methods for inferences of shapes evolution on phylogenies using stochastic strategies for calculating transition probabilities of shape change. The project will be carried out in close collaboration with researchers working on the mathematics of differential geometry and shape transformation and biologists working on applied phylogenetics. Feel free to contact me or Rasmus ([email protected]) with any questions. Best, Christy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Morphmet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/morphmet2/c07eaf89-c714-4fa8-a737-62a0eec6acc9n%40googlegroups.com.
