Two PhD graduate research assistantships are available at the University of
Nevada, Reno beginning Fall 2018. We have a fully-funded research project to
assess the impacts of land use and climate change on Mojave Desert tortoise
gene flow and corridor functionality. One PhD position is in the Department
of Geography and will focus on land use and climate change modeling (Drs.
Scott Bassett [sbass...@unr.edu] and Douglas Boyle). The second PhD
position, which can be either in the Department of Geography or the
interdisciplinary program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
will focus on desert tortoise landscape corridor functionality (Drs. Jill S.
Heaton and Kenneth Nussear [knuss...@unr.edu]). Both individuals will be
part of a large interdisciplinary team of scientists both on and off campus,
expected to coordinate their research with other components of the project
(e.g. Post-Doc in genetics), and contribute to larger project goals and
objectives. Coincident with our project is a separately funded project at
UNR with synergistic opportunities to investigate critical habitat breadth
for Gopherus tortoises.
Both positions will be full-time for 12-months (20 hrs a week). Funds are
available starting Fall 2018 through Fall 2021, but are contingent upon
student success. It is possible that if the student is identified early they
may begin with funding as early as June 2018. The stipend for the 12-month
period is $2,100 per month. The research assistantship includes health
insurance and a tuition waiver.
