Friday, May 8, 2015

Ph.D. Scholarships in Tropical Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity. Yale-NUS College, Singapore

Ph.D. Scholarships in Tropical Ecology, Evolution, and
Biodiversity. Yale-NUS College, Singapore

Deadlines for application: May 15 (entrance in January 2016) or November
15 (entrance in August 2016). If interested in January entrance, deadline
can be extended.

Yale-NUS College, the first liberal arts college in Singapore, has
Ph.D. scholarships available for students interested in pursuing a
doctoral degree in the Life Sciences.  Doctoral degrees are awarded
through the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of
Singapore. Faculty listed below are interested in recruiting students
for academic year 2015/2016 or 2016/2017

-       Phyloinformatics and spider evolution (William H. Piel; william.piel@yale-
        nus.edu.sg)

-       Conservation ecology and amphibian biodiversity (Jennifer
        Sheridan; jasheridan@yale-nus.edu.sg)

-       Evolution of development of butterfly wing patterns (Ant�nia
        Monteiro; antonia.monteiro@nus.edu.sg)

-       Evolution of stalk-eyed flies (Philip Johns; philip.johns@yale-
        nus.edu.sg)

-       Evolution, photonics, and material science of organismal
        structural colors (Vinod Saranathan,
        vinodkumar.saranathan@aya.yale.edu)

-       Functional ecology and restoration of tropical forests (Michiel
        van Breugel, michiel.vanbreugel@yale-nus.edu.sg)

If interested in pursuing PhD research in these general areas please
contact respective faculty (https://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/about/faculty/)
and visit the web page of the Department of Biological Sciences, National
University of Singapore to learn more about the graduate program:

http://www.dbs.nus.edu.sg/education/graduates_prospective/index.html

antonia.monteiro@yale.edu

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