PhD opportunity N.Ariz.U.: Evolutionary ecology /Epigenetics/Global Change Impacts/Conifers

NArizU.Epigenetics.Conifers.GlobalChange

PhD opportunity N.Ariz.U.: Evolutionary ecology /Epigenetics/Global
Change Impacts/Conifers

We anticipate filling two Ph.D. positions to work on a NSF Macrosystems
Biology project at Northern Arizona University, “Collaborative
research: Blending ecology and evolution using emerging technologies to
determine species distributions with a non-native pathogen in a rapidly
changing climate�, to start in either June or August 2016. This
project is a multi-university collaboration examining the interacting
evolutionary and ecological responses of southwestern white pine (SWWP;
Pinus strobiformis) to climate change and an invasive pathogen from
local to regional scales.

A PhD positon in evolutionary ecology with emphasis on epigenetics will
be based in the Department of Biological Sciences under the supervision
of Dr. Amy Whipple with collaborators in the School of Forestry. This
graduate student would develop a project examining aspects of
epigenetic inheritance and modification in determining the traits of
SWWP related to phenology, drought, climate, or disease.

Three years of research assistantship funding (stipend + tuition and
health insurance) are available for each position; with additional
funding through teaching assistantships or possibly fellowships.  Start
date is June 1, 2016 or August 22, 2016. For more information contact
Amy Whipple, amy.whipple@nau.edu (928) 714-0409. Strong candidates may
qualify for the NAU Presidential Fellowship Program
(http://nau.edu/GradCol/Financing/Presidential-Fellowship-Program/) as
well.

To apply, submit graduate application to the NAU Biology Department and
a résumé and cover letter to either Amy Whipple. Review of
applications will begin immediately.

Amy Vaughn Whipple