The Larsen Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara
(http://www.ashleylarsen.com/) is seeking up to two motivated Ph.D students
interested in food systems to join the lab in Fall 2019. Our lab studies
land use and land use change as it relates to the provision of ecosystem
services (e.g. pest control, food provision) and disservices (e.g. human
disease, biodiversity loss), primarily in agricultural landscapes and
primarily using data-driven approaches borrowed from
econometrics, landscape ecology, and conservation planning.
Candidates with interests in food systems, land use change, or spatial
ecology are encouraged to apply. Competitive applicants will have prior
experience, or substantial motivation to gain expertise, in GIS,
econometrics, statistics, economics, or other quantitative research approaches.
Interested applicants would apply to UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental
Science & Management. The Bren School (http://www.esm.ucsb.edu/) is a highly
regarded interdisciplinary research program with exceptional faculty and
students across a spectrum of natural, physical, and social sciences.
Students are actively encouraged to develop interdisciplinary research
projects and (disciplinary or multidisciplinary) collaborations with
researchers in Bren and in other top programs including Geography and
Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology.
If interested, please send a current CV with GPA, relevant coursework &
research experiences, and a short statement describing your research
interests to Ashley Larsen ([email protected]). For those eligible,
please note if you intend to apply for the 2018 NSF GRFP competition.
Applications are due December 15, 2018. Students with diverse backgrounds
are strongly encouraged to apply.
All inquires are appreciated. Competitive applicants with close overlapping
topical and quantitative/computational interests will be contacted.
