Opportunity to work on WNS at the graduate level.
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Subject: Re: [FloridaCavers] PhD Assistantship: White Nose Syndrome in Bats
GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANTSHIP - DISEASE ECOLOGY
A graduate student
assistantship to start in the Fall of 2011 in the Ecology
and
Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of California,
Santa
Cruz, on a recently funded NSF grant is available for an
outstanding student
interested in studying the impacts and transmission
dynamics of a recently
emerged pathogen (*Geomyces destructans*) causing
White Nose Syndrome in
hibernating bats. White Nose Syndrome is a
devastating new disease
affecting hibernating bats in eastern North
America. Dissertation research
will be focused on understanding disease
dynamics of White Nose Syndrome at
multiple scales. Graduate research
will require intensive field study
efforts as well as quantitative
analysis and a strong passion for
conservation and ecology. The most
qualified applicants will have
experience working in difficult field
settings, a quantitative background,
and an ability to face challenges
and think creatively. Prior field
experience with bats or disease
ecology is a plus, but not required.
Interested applicants should
submit the following items: 1) a C.V. with GPA, GREs, and
3 references,
2) a 1-2 page description of research interests and
experience, and 3) a
1-2 page statement outlining 3 potential research
questions for projects
aimed at understanding the ecology and/or impact of
White Nose Syndrome.
Each of the three proposed thesis ideas should include
a testable
hypothesis, justification or rationale for its importance, and a
brief
description of methods for how the research could be carried out to
test
the hypothesis.
Applications should be submitted in a single file (pdf,
Word, or .rtf) by
email to: Dr. A. Marm Kilpatrick ([log in to unmask]
[1]) and Dr. Winifred
Frick ([log in to unmask] [2]) with the Subject
line: GRADUATE STUDENT
ASSISTANTSHIP - DISEASE ECOLOGY. Information
about Drs Kilpatrick and
Frick's research can be found
at:
http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/people/kilpatrick/ [3]
and
http://people.ucsc.edu/~wfrick/wfrick/Welcome.html [4].
Links:
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[2]
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[3]
http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/people/kilpatrick/
[4]
http://people.ucsc.edu/~wfrick/wfrick/Welcome.html
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