Job Company: University of Lausanne

Available: PhD position, 3-4 years Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Start: September 2016 or earlier Our group studies the selective forces that act on freshwater fish, i.e. the effects of human activities in interaction with natural and sexual selection. Our current research focuses on salmonid fish (brown trout, grayling, whitefish) and combines different types fieldwork, labwork, and modeling. See http://bit.ly/1G0GWYe We are seeking candidates with an interest in population genetics, life history, evolutionary ecology, and population management. The candidate would start her/his thesis with experimental field and lab work on a whitefish population in a Swiss lake. [More]