Dear colleagues and friends,
This fall, I am accepting applications from highly-motivated Ph.D. students interested in
joining my lab at the University of Utah Department of Biology. Our application deadline is
January 6, 2012 and prospective applicants should visit my website:
http://bioweb.biology.utah.edu/sekercioglu/
The University of Utah Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology program provides 5
years of Ph.D. funding and has strengths in various fields. I can offer additional support in
the form of research assistantships. Our Global Change & Ecosystem Center provides
opportunities for broad interdisciplinary research, education and outreach.
http://www.biology.utah.edu/graduate/eeob/
http://environment.utah.edu/
In my lab, in addition to the possibility of conservation ecology field research in a range of
ecosystems in Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Utah, Ph.D. students can undertake
conservation, ecology, biogeography, life history, and evolutionary meta-analyses of our
global bird database, covering all the world's bird species and updated
continuously. Besides conducting long-term bird banding and telemetry projects, we also
study the conservation ecology and population biology of carnivores (brown bears, lynx,
and wolves) in eastern Turkey. Highly-motivated students with interest in other taxa and
prepared to take initiative should note that past collaborations included taxa ranging from
plants to bird lice to amphibians.
I will appreciate if you can spread the word, especially to your best students and other good
candidates interested in doing a Ph.D. in conservation ecology, environmental science,
wildlife biology, ornithology, or related fields. I will be at the Society for Conservation
Biology meeting in Auckland during December 6-9 and can talk to anyone interested in this
position. Those of you there should also try to see our symposium that has excellent
speakers from all over the world:
All By Myself? Increasing the Involvement of Conservation Scientists in Effective Grassroots
Conservation Action Worldwide
http://birenheide.com/scb2011/schedule/singlesession.php?sessno=SY12
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from me, please let me know and I will take you off this list.
Thank you,
Cagan H. Sekercioglu
University of Utah
Department of Biology
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
www.sekercioglu.org