[Nhcoll-l] Seeking Ph.D. student for amphibian project with museum experience/interest

[Carola Haas]

Ph.D. graduate assistantship support for collections management, with research to focus on population dynamics, ecology, and behavior of amphibians in a fire-dependent system.  This position is suitable only for a doctoral student who is also interested in gaining experience in museum collections management and specimen-based teaching.  Because the assistantship would require work on the Virginia Tech campus, and the field site is in Florida, there will be limited opportunity for field research, although there may be opportunities to build the specimen collection in Virginia.  The candidate will have access to a five-year data set from a winter drift fence study of reticulated flatwoods salamanders (Ambystoma bishopi) at Eglin Air Force Base on the Florida panhandle and the opportunity to make short field visits (or add a summer field component) to collect additional data as the field work is ongoing.  The focus would be on salamander demography but there may be opportunities to work on hydrology and habitat data sets as well.  The assistantship covers tuition and stipend. 

Qualifications: Candidates should have M.S. degree in Fisheries & Wildlife, Ecology, or a related field, have published in a peer-reviewed journal, have relevant field experience, and preferably experience with mark-recapture data sets and demographic analyses.  Successful applicants usually have an undergraduate GPA above 3.3 and GREs above 50th percentile. (Students with excellent grades and GRE scores who could compete for internal fellowships will be preferred.)  Experience with natural history museum collections a plus.   Student must be comfortable working as part of a team with diverse goals and responsibilities. 

Anticipated Starting Date: August 2015 (potentially earlier in summer 2015)

To apply: Please alert me of your interest as soon as possible.  Applicants should submit a letter of interest and a c.v. (including undergraduate and M.S. grade point average and GRE scores and percentiles) as well as contact information for three references to Professor Haas. Promising candidates will be asked to submit an official application to the graduate school at Virginia Tech (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.grads.vt.edu_&d=AwIF-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=bi6xdrOf0fgj3k5gBAM4mGG3uokRRoYlpN_SDCv75SA&s=J01zloUskN54zVh4M0sCUyNAOdinsHkhCYg0OookCIc&e= ).  Applications will be considered as they are received, so inquiries made by mid-May are more likely to receive serious consideration.  Contact information:  Dr. Carola A. Haas, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences, Mail Code 0321, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, cahaas at vt.edu, 1-540-231-9269.  Please put “flatwoods salamander grad position” in subject line of emails.

Carola A. Haas
Professor, Wildlife Ecology
Associate Editor, J. Wildlife Mgmt.
Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Conservation
112 Cheatham Hall (MC 0321)
310 West Campus Drive, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
cahaas at vt.edu
540-231-9269
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