Brigham Young University

Graduate student positions in phylogeography, systematics, and evolutionary ecology. Positions funded in part by NSF to pursue graduate work at both the Masters and Ph.D. levels with an emphasis on phylogeography in Patagonian systems are available with Jerry Johnson (Fishes), Keith Crandall (Crustaceans), or Leigh Johnson (Plants). This opportunity is part of a collaborative research study that includes colleagues from the U.S., Chile, Argentina, and Canada. Students with some fluency in Spanish, or a willingness to learn as part of their graduate study, are encouraged.

Opportunities also exist at BYU for graduate research in several other areas of ecology and evolution. See our website for the range of current projects. Applications for graduate study beginning Fall semester 2007 are due by 31 January 2007. Interested students are encouraged to contact investigators much earlier, by September 2006 or soon thereafter, to begin dialogue regarding opportunities and the graduate program at Brigham Young University.

The evolutionary biology group at Brigham Young University has substantial depth in evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology, molecular systematics, population genetics, phylogenetics, coevolution, computational biology, and molecular evolution. In addition to the faculty listed above, our group includes Byron Adams, David McClellan, Duke Rogers, Mark Belk, Russ Rader, Steve Peck, and Michael Whiting, as well as a core of post docs, visiting faculty, and other graduate students. BYU is well equipped with a brand new experimental evolutionary ecology facility with environmental controlled rooms, modern microscopy, automated DNA sequencing, and computer cluster equipment for acquiring and analyzing large data sets. Opportunities for interaction and potential collaboration on related projects among evolutionary biology faculty exist for post-docs and students alike.

Students interested in the Patagonia Project should contact the following respective faculty:

Jack_Sites@byu.edu
Keith_Crandall@byu.edu
Jerry_Johnson@byu.edu
Leigh_Johnson@byu.edu