Graduate Position in Disease Ecology and Aquatic Conservation The Johnson Laboratory at the University of Colorado is actively seeking applications for a new PhD student position to begin in summer (ideally) or fall 2016. We are looking for an independent, self-motivated student who is passionate about pursuing research in aquatic ecology and conservation. Currently we seek to fill the following position:
The community ecology of disease: this project aims to understand how interactions among species within an aquatic community collectively influence pathogen transmission and disease risk. This can include interactions among hosts (dilution effect), among micro- and macroparasites (coinfection), and between non-hosts and parasites (predation). The selected student would have a unique opportunity to conduct fieldwork on a broad range of taxa (amphibians, fishes, macroinvertebrates, zooplankton, waterbirds) at our long-term study sites in California (during summers). If you are qualified and interested in working with our laboratory, please send the following items in a letter of introduction to Dr. Pieter Johnson (pieter.john...@colorado.edu): - Curriculum vitae, GPA, and GRE scores - Your general research interests, previous experience and how you will contribute to work already being pursued in the lab. - Post-graduate career plans. - Why you are specifically interested in work being done in the lab. - Whether you have applied for any external fellowships (e.g., NSF or EPA). For more information on specific research being conducted in the lab, please visit the lab webpage http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/facultysites/pieter/index.htm. For more general information regarding the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, please visit the departmental website http://ebio.colorado.edu/.
