Opportunities to Join SEPL

We currently are currently seeking graduate students and postdoc collaborators. Please inquire about available options!

Who should apply and what to expect

SEPL is an interdisciplinary lab that thrives from incorporating researchers from different backgrounds and disciplines. We seek to create a community of scientists with complementary backgrounds that will be mutually informative. Students or scientists with interests and skills in any of the following may find a good fit with the lab:

  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Paleontology
  • Conservation biology
  • Geology or earth sciences
  • Biogeography
  • Spatial or landscape ecology
  • Computational sciences-- especially those interested in spatial modeling & model development

How to apply

The first step is making contact.

If you are a prospective graduate student, applications will be due in December or January. Email Jenny in Fall (late September- November) of the application year to begin graduate school in Fall of the following year. Please include a brief description of your background and a description of how your research interests intersect with the goals of the lab.

If you are a prospective postdoc collaborator, please email me with sufficient lead time for us to collaborate on a competitive proposal. Outline the funding source that you have identified, the due date and requirements of the application, and the basic idea of what you plan to propose.

See the postdoc and grad student opportunities pages for more details.

 Research opportunities

Graduate students and postdocs in SEPL are interested in the following areas:

  1. Range shift dynamics in response to environmental change
  2. Interactions between landscape and organismal dynamics
  3. Effects of changing climates on intraspecific variation
  4. Other relevant spatial ecology, conservation, &/or paleoecological topics

Some specific projects include the following:

  1. Microfauna paleoecology of Natural Trap Cave, WY
  2. Occupancy modeling in the paleontological record

All students and postdocs are encouraged to write individual fellowships. If you you are interested in teaming with the lab to target an such an opportunity, please contact me.

 Affiliated academic programs

Professor McGuire can formally advise graduate students in the following programs:

Undergraduates from any discipline are welcome if their interests align with the lab and they are eager to contribute.

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