lundi 11 février 2008

PhD: Chemical ecology and genetics in mammals

A PhD position will be available on "Chemical ecology and genetics in mammals" from August 1st 2008 (for 3-4 years). This is an exciting interdisciplinary project that brings together chemistry, biochemistry and ecology to allow novel insight into sociality and communication in mammals. The project will focus on Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber), brown bears (Ursus arctos) and yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) as model species.

The student will be enrolled at the Norwegian University of Life Science, Ås, Norway but work daily at Telemark University College, Bø, Telemark, Norway.

Assoc. Prof. Frank Rosell will be main supervisor; Professor Jon Swenson (http://www.umb.no/ina/ansatte/jsw_e.htm), Dr. Andreas Zedrosser (http://www.umb.no/ina/ansatte/arz_e.htm), and Assoc. Prof. Dan Blumstein, UCLA, USA (see http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/Faculty/Blumstein/) will be co-supervisors.

The majority of field work will be carried out in Telemark on beavers with additional field work on bears in Sweden, and on yellow-bellied marmots at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (http:// www.rmbl.org), Colorado, USA.

Please contact Frank Rosell (Frank.Rosell@hit.no) for further details.