Ph.D. students to join a newly formed research group in Fall 2015 in the Department of Psychology (Biopsychology Program Area) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

I am looking for Ph.D. students to join my newly formed research group
in Fall 2015 in the Department of Psychology (Biopsychology Program Area)
at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Official start dates
for these positions would be August 2015 or August 2016 but preliminary
field or lab work could start as early as Spring 2015.

My research group focuses on addressing questions at the interface
of evolutionary ecology, behavior, and physiology in free-living
mammalian species (see http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dantzer/). I am
broadly interested in understanding how wild animals are affected by
changes in their ecological or social environment and the behavioral and
physiological mechanisms by which they adjust themselves to these altered
environments. We address these questions using long-term observational
data as well as performing large-scale experiments in the field. We
aim to couple this field research with detailed mechanistic work from
hormones to genomes.

The exact objectives of the research projects are extremely flexible
and will largely be determined by the student but I hope that they will
overlap with the focus of my research group. I am particularly looking for
students that are interested in blending field and laboratory research in
free-living mammalian species and have previous experience carrying out
field and/or lab research. Students that have an interest and experience
in neuroscience or neurobiology are also encouraged to apply.

Ph.D. students that are admitted to the Department of Psychology at the
University of Michigan are fully funded for five years. This support
package includes tuition (Fall & Winter), salary (including 4 years of
summer salary), and medical/dental insurance (all year round including
the summer). Two and half of the years are fully-funded research assistant
positions (no teaching) whereas the other two and half years are funded by
half-time teaching assistant positions. External or University fellowships
can also reduce teaching responsibilities. Funds for research expenses
will also be available. In addition to this great financial support
package, Ann Arbor is a great place to live and work!

Applications to the Department of Psychology (http://goo.gl/Lxwdff) would
be due by 1 December 2014 for the Fall 2015 start date. Admitted students
would participate in the Biopsychology Program Area in the Department
of Psychology (see graduate curriculum here: http://goo.gl/6Se3fc)
but would also be able to take courses and participate informally in
the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of
Michigan (http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/).

If you are interested in applying for these Ph.D. positions, please
send me an email (dantzer@umich.edu) that contains your CV, GRE test
scores (if available), and a brief description outlining your research
interests and also why you would be interested in joining my research
group. I will then respond outlining what you can expect from me as a
supervisor as well as discuss possible research projects.

-Ben Dantzer

Ben Dantzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
USA

Email:  dantzer@umich.edu
Phone: 734-647-4952
Twitter:  @ben_dantzer

Web: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dantzer/
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