MS and PhD opportunities are available in evolutionary endocrinology and urban physiology.
The Ouyang lab at the University of Nevada, Reno is looking to recruit a MS and/or PhD graduate student to join our lab in fall 2017. Students interested in evolutionary physiology, light pollution, and/or urban ecology are strongly encouraged to apply. The MS position is in biology, and the successful candidate will examine individual variation and plasticity in the stress response both in the field and the lab. The second position is in the EECB (ecology, evolution, conservation biology) program, and the candidate will look at the effects of urbanization on behavior and physiology. Candidates will have the opportunity to work on a nest box population of house wrens and house sparrows as well as on a captive, breeding population of sparrows. Students with bird handling, animal husbandry, and/or neuroendocrine lab experience are encouraged to apply. The University of Nevada, Reno is a Tier I institution offering a highly productive research environment. The Biology Department is home to 26 faculty members that maintain nationally recognized, extramurally funded research programs, mentor 50 graduate students, and participate in undergraduate research. Reno is located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe, and has been recently rated as one of the best small cities in the US for outdoor recreation and overall quality of life. Interested candidates should send an email to jouy...@unr.edu with a CV and a cover letter. Please see the lab website at http://www.jennyouyang.com/ for more information. -- Jenny Ouyang, PhD http://www.jennyouyang.com/
