PhD student to begin graduate work in Fall 2015

he Weisrock Lab at the University of Kentucky (sweb.uky.edu/~dweis2)
is recruiting a PhD student to begin graduate work in Fall 2015. We
are a diverse research group working on evolutionary, population, and
conservation biology projects using genetic data in a variety of taxa,
including amphibians, primates, freshwater insects, and freshwater
mussels.

Graduate students in the lab are encouraged to develop independent thesis
projects. This year we will be especially interested in students who seek
training in the computational analysis of genomic data, particularly in
the fields of molecular evolution and phylogenetics. Students will have
an opportunity to integrate into a recently funded NSF collaborative
project investigating the evolution of gene trees across loci that
exhibit different evolutionary and functional properties. This work,
combining both salamander and lemur study systems, is in collaboration
with Dr. Anne Yoder at Duke University, and PhD students participating in
this project will interact with a team of graduate students, postdocs,
and PIs across institutions. Research Assistant support is available
for work on this project.

The Department of Biology at UK is home to multiple faculty with research
programs in evolution and genomics. More information about the Department
can be found at bio.as.uky.edu

Students interested in learning more about a potential PhD opportunity
should contact Dr. David Weisrock (dweis2@uky.edu).

Department of Biology
University of Kentucky
101 Thomas Hunt Morgan Building
Lexington, KY 40506
859-257-2249
dweis2@uky.edu
http://sweb.uky.edu/~dweis2

david.weisrock@uky.edu