Postdocs
I do not currently have funding to support a postdoc. However, I am open to discussing opportunities with interested finishing graduate students. Specifically, I could foresee working on a proposal together to support your time in the lab.
Graduate Students
Fall 2025 (application due Feb 1, 2025) or beyond
MS– Assessment of adaptive potential among bear species for conservation management
PhD– Comparative transcriptomics of American black bears
PhD– Temporal adaptive genomics and demography of a threatened population of American black bear
PhD– Spatial-temporal population genetics of a lethal allele in American black bears
MS– Y chromosome phylogeography of the American black bear
Students interested in either MS or PhD level work in evolutionary and conservation genomics should email me to discuss opportunities ahead of a formal application to the University of Memphis Graduate School and Biology Department. Please describe your research interests and experiences and attach a CV.
Students eligible to submit an NSF GRFP should contact me to discuss.
Please note that I do not support conferral of MS degrees in the process of a PhD. An MS requires a thesis, a PhD a dissertation; an MS in the process of the PhD with me would be a 7+ year process with expectations of publishing a thesis and dissertation.
Undergraduates
There are currently (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025) no open undergraduate positions in the lab.