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PhD Research Assistantships in Quantitative Ecology are available at Florida Atlantic University through the ecoNetworks Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences / Integrative Biology PhD Program. The lab is recruiting up to 2 PhD students to begin in the Fall 2027 semester. Research is broadly at the intersection of animal behavior and species interactions , with projects that may integrate computer vision , deep learning (including immersive laboratory VR arenas), empirical field experimen...

PhD opportunity in Plant Ecology and Global Change at Stony Brook University Dr. Daniel M. Griffith is recruiting a PhD student in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University , with affiliation to the Turkana Basin Institute. The project sits at the intersection of plant ecology , global change biology , evolution , biogeography , and remote sensing . The lab studies how plants and plant communities respond to environmental change across open ecosystems such as grasslands, ...

Stony Brook University is advertising a Postdoctoral Associate position in the Institute for Advanced Computational Science and the Department of Ecology and Evolution , working with the mGAMUT Lab on computational microbial ecology and evolution . The role focuses on research involving genomic and metagenomic data , biological data analysis, and potentially new computational, mathematical, or statistical approaches for studying microbial systems. Strongly relevant backgrounds include computatio...

The Swierk Organismal Ecology Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at Binghamton University (SUNY) is recruiting 1-2 PhD students for Fall 2027 or Spring 2028 in animal communication , reptile ecology , and respiratory adaptations in Neotropical lizards . The lab studies the function, evolution, and mechanisms of traits linked to communication, reproduction, and predator avoidance, with projects focused on animal body coloration as a dynamic signal and on specialized antipredator adaptat...

PhD Assistantship in pronghorn population dynamics, wildlife conservation, and quantitative ecology at Texas Tech University , in collaboration with Sul Ross State University and Texas A&M University–Kingsville . The project focuses on pronghorn in the Trans-Pecos and Texas Panhandle , using GPS collar data, survival analysis, and multi-source population modeling to understand how weather, habitat, mortality, harvest, and translocation affect long-term population growth and stability. The succes...