The Hickerson lab at the City University of New York has an opening for a PhD student who is interested in community-level population genetics and comparative phylogeography.

The Hickerson lab at the City University of New York has an opening for a PhD
student who is interested in community-level population genetics and
comparative phylogeography. The group is focusing on developing and
implementing population genetic methods for understanding the evolutionary
and demographic histories of species assemblages. The ideal candidate will have
a strong interest or aptitude in quantitative biology, modeling, and
programming as well as an interest in evolutionary genetics and biogeography.
The lab welcomes qualified applicants with diverse backgrounds, including
biology, anthropology, mathematics, physics, computer science, and related
fields. This opening offers an opportunity for independent research in joint
quantitative and empirical labs that now have 2 postdoctoral researchers, 3 PhD
students and access to a wide array of  population genomic datasets. We are in
active collaboration with the lab of Ana Carnaval (CCNY) on an NSF-funded
Dimensions of Biodiversity project (www.afbiota.org) focusing on the Atlantic
Forest ecosystem of Brazil. There is a tight collaboration with the Kyle
McDonalds group at City College of New York as well as with the research
groups of Michelangeli and Thomas at the New York Botanical Garden. Through
our 5 year NSF CAREER grant (http://1.usa.gov/1uM3lCZ), our group is also in
close collaboration with the research groups led by Konrad Lohse
(http://lohse.bio.ed.ac.uk/) and Graham Stone at the University of Edinburgh
(http://bit.ly/1AedKuC), as well as with Elizabeth Derryberry (Tulane;
http://bit.ly/1EWRzHp) and curator Brian Smith from the nearby
American
museum of Natural History (http://bit.ly/1xkZwWq).

The lab benefits from a thriving academic environment in New York City and has
close ties with other biogeographically focused labs at CUNY and the American
Museum of Natural History, as well as being part of the CUNY subprogram in
Evolution, Ecology and Behavior (http://bit.ly/1F0kpZc). We anticipate that the
position would start in the Fall of 2015. If interested please contact Mike
Hickerson (mhickersion �at� ccny.cuny.edu). Note that applications for
Fall 2015
to the CUNY EEB subprogram must be received before January 1rst. For more
information visit: http://bit.ly/1a2oJFK

Mike Hickerson
Associate Professor
City College of New York - Biology Department;
City University of New York
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Sub-Program
160 Convent Ave
New York, NY 10031
phone 212-650-8530
lab 212-650-3457
Research Associate - Division of Invertebrate Zoology
American Museum of Natural Historyhttp://hickerlab.wordpress.com/
mhickerson@ccny.cuny.edu

Mike Hickerson