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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cagan H. Sekercioglu
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 2:07 AM
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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. positions in conservation ecology at the
University of Utah

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. 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 and are working to create and monitor
Turkey's first wildlife corridor. 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.

Students are encouraged to seek external Ph.D. funding opportunities such as
NSF Graduate Fellowships or EPA-STAR Fellowships, and will have much better
chances of acceptance with one.

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 next week 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

Thank you,

Cagan H. Sekercioglu
University of Utah
Department of Biology
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
www.sekercioglu.org