I am currently seeking 2 PhD students to start in January or Sept. 2009. I will also consider strong MSc candidates.
I welcome students who want to pursue fundamental work in any area of population, community, or evolutionary ecology. My own work combines mathematical modeling and microcosm experiments to examine spatial population dynamics, community assembly, food web structure, ecosystem function, and feedbacks between ecology and evolution. However, I encourage and expect PhD students to develop their own projects, with my guidance. For instance, a current student in my lab is pursuing field work on the ecological and evolutionary determinants of range limits in alpine plants. For more information on my lab, see my homepage: http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~jefox/Home.htm Guaranteed funding of over $20,000/year is available through a combination of TAships, RAships, and fellowships. The Dept. of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary is home to a strong and growing group of ecologists and evolutionary biologists; see http://www.bio.ucalgary.ca/ Calgary is a rapidly-growing city of 1 million people located less than an hour's drive from the Canadian Rockies, with extraordinary opportunities for both field work and recreation. For further information or to apply, please send me an email including cv, transcripts (unofficial is fine), and contact details for three referees.
