PhD Assistantship in Disease Ecology, Virtual Fencing, and Elk-Cattle Spillover Risk University of Wyoming in United States

The Wisely Lab in the University of Florida Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation is recruiting a PhD student for a multidisciplinary project on feral swine surveillance , African swine fever virus (ASFV) , mosquito bloodmeal analysis , and quantitative wildlife ecology . The project uses mosquito bloodmeals as biological samples of free-ranging feral swine, an approach described as exogenous xenosurveillance . The student will help evaluate whether blood-fed mosquitoes can be used to ...

Boston University’s Ecological Forecasting Lab is advertising two postdoctoral positions with Michael Dietze. The roles are aimed at researchers in ecology and environmental science who want to strengthen and apply quantitative , computational , and statistical methods to real-world problems. The post highlights an opportunity for candidates who enjoy ecological forecasting and data-driven research. The lab environment is described as a strong fit for someone looking to build skills in modeling,...

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...

PhD Research Position in deer population dynamics , wildlife disease ecology , and chronic wasting disease (CWD) management at Michigan State University . The Christensen Lab in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife is recruiting a doctoral student to join a four-year project evaluating community-based deer management interventions in Michigan. The research focuses on how management actions affect hunter behavior, deer harvest, deer density, population demographics, fawn recruitment, and CWD ...

Queen's University Belfast is recruiting for a 3-year fully funded PhD project in the School of Biological Sciences as part of the BBSRC “MosquitoNI” project. The project focuses on mosquito-borne disease risk associated with avian hosts , exploring how avian reservoirs, bridge vectors, and pathogen risks interact in a data-scarce region. This is a strong fit for applicants interested in biology , environmental science , public health , ecology , virology , and modelling . Supervision is multidi...