Two PhD Positions in Ecology and Evolution of Fishes

Two PhD Positions in Ecology and Evolution of Fishes

Two PhD positions are being offered at the Department of
Zoology, Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria.  The positions
offer a 3- year salary funded directly through the University
under the new collaborative PhD educational program, assigned
to the Evolutionary Biology and Molecular Ecology research group
(http://zoologie.uni-graz.at/en/forschen/kategorie41/evolutionsbiologie-und-molekular-oekologie/).
The PhD candidates are affiliated to the Doctoral School of Biology
of the University of Graz, and are expected to spend some time in the
lab of the respective cooperation partners during their PhD studies. A
detailed research plan will be adapted with input from the prospective
candidates. One PhD position will focus on topics related to salmonid
fishes and second to cichlid fishes, both using molecular genetic and
genomic approaches.

The research with salmonid fishes will be carried out in cooperation
with Ulrich Schliewen at the Natural History Museum in Munich.

The research on cichlid fishes in cooperation with the lab of Prof. Axel
Meyer at the Department of Biology of the University of Konstanz.

CVs should be sent to either Steven Weiss (steven.weiss@uni-graz.at) or
Christian Sturmbauer (christian.sturmbauer@uni-graz.at) by June 30, 2014.
Candidates should expect to start approximately September 1st  2014.

Steven Weiss, Assoc. Prof Dr.
Karl-Franzens University Graz
Institute of Zoology
Universititätsplatz 2
A-8010 Graz, Austria
Tel: +43-0316-380-5599
Fax:+43-0376-380-9875

"Weiss, Steven (steven.weiss@uni-graz.at)"