Ph.D. Opportunity in Avian Biodiversity
The Missouri River Institute, Department of Biology, and Sustainability Program at the University of South Dakota has a Ph.D. Research Assistantship position in ornithology available, beginning in August, 2017. The Ph.D. project is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation to examine impacts of movement toward a bioenergy economy for the Upper Missouri River Basin. The ornithology Ph.D. project will focus on modeling avian biodiversity and population projections in response to land-use and climate change. The project may also involve studying ecosystem services provided by birds or other avian ecology questions, but there is some flexibility in developing precise dissertation projects. The Ph.D. fellowship provides four years of support at an annual stipend of $22,000, with teaching or research assistantship funding provided by the department for at least one additional year. Contact David Swanson (david.swan...@usd.edu; http://www.usd.edu/faculty- and-staff/David-Swanson) or Mark Dixon (mark.di...@usd.edu; http://www.usd.edu/faculty-and-staff/Mark-Dixon), Department of Biology, University of South Dakota for additional details.
