Position as PhD-student at Lund University, please spread to suitable candidates in your networks!
A PhD-position on integrating an evolutionary perspective and genomic methods to address how insect diversity and evolutionary potential is affected in human-altered landscapes is available at Lund University. The position as a PhD-student in the Anna Runemark lab at the Department of Biology (https://www.biology.lu.se/research) is open until November 17th. The PhD-student will examine how within-population genetic diversity, evolvability and gene flow are affected in human altered landscapes. We will combine bioinformatics, ancient DNA from museum samples and field work to address these questions.
We are looking for a highly motivated and talented candidate with a background including both evolutionary courses, bioinformatics or advanced R and with a keen interest in conservation. The exact project will be developed together with the selected candidate, and will be undertaken in collaboration with Erik Svensson, Niklas Wahlberg and Maj Rundlöf. The Department of Biology is a highly international and collaborative working place with a large community of researchers, post docs and more than 80 PhD-students from around the world. The Runemark lab consists of two post docs, a PhD-student and one MSc-student and we collaborate closely with Magne Fribergs lab with more students and post docs to create a friendly environment for scientific discussion and collaboration. The student will also be a part of a larger research environment BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate) which will provide ample opportunities for interactions with conservation biologists and climate researchers.
Please find a link to the application and further information here
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:296517/type:job/where:4/apply:1
Contact anna.runemark@biol.lu.se for inquiries.
