POTENTIAL GRADUATE POSITION IN BAT FORAGING ECOLOGY
We seek a graduate student to work on foraging ecology of insectivorous bats beginning in Fall 2023. Our goal is to move beyond descriptive studies of bat diet by using large-scale datasets to test ecological theories on foraging. The project will mostly consist of analysis of existing datasets, but some opportunities exist for additional data collection if the student is motivated to do so. We envision this as an M.S. project, but there is a possibility of expanding the scope of the project for potential Ph.D. students. The student will be based in the School of Biological Sciences (https://schoolbiologicalsciences.siu.edu/) at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIUC) and supported on a teaching assistantship. They will be co-advised by Dr. Justin Boyles at SIUC (www.boyleslab.com) and Dr. Joy O’Keefe at the University of Illinois (https://wildlife.nres.illinois.edu/). A strong quantitative background is a must, but we will help you learn all the theory and skills (e.g., coding in R) that you will need to complete the research.
If interested, please email me at jgboyles.lab@gmail.com and include your CV. We have no specific timeline to choose a student for this project and are still awaiting final approval of the funding line.
We seek a graduate student to work on foraging ecology of insectivorous bats beginning in Fall 2023. Our goal is to move beyond descriptive studies of bat diet by using large-scale datasets to test ecological theories on foraging. The project will mostly consist of analysis of existing datasets, but some opportunities exist for additional data collection if the student is motivated to do so. We envision this as an M.S. project, but there is a possibility of expanding the scope of the project for potential Ph.D. students. The student will be based in the School of Biological Sciences (https://schoolbiologicalsciences.siu.edu/) at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIUC) and supported on a teaching assistantship. They will be co-advised by Dr. Justin Boyles at SIUC (www.boyleslab.com) and Dr. Joy O’Keefe at the University of Illinois (https://wildlife.nres.illinois.edu/). A strong quantitative background is a must, but we will help you learn all the theory and skills (e.g., coding in R) that you will need to complete the research.
If interested, please email me at jgboyles.lab@gmail.com and include your CV. We have no specific timeline to choose a student for this project and are still awaiting final approval of the funding line.