[Coral-List] Ph.D. Scholarships available: Effects of physical disturbances on ecological communities
Joshua Madin
madin at nceas.ucsb.edu
Thu Mar 20 22:05:42 EDT 2008
Ph.D. Scholarships available: Effects of physical disturbances on
ecological communities
Two Ph.D. scholarships are available in the Department of Biological
Sciences at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) for research
exploring the role of physical disturbances in structuring ecological
communities. The scholarships are available to both Australian and
international students. Students will be supervised by Dr. Josh
Madin, whose research focuses in large part on modelling the effects
of hydrodynamic disturbances (e.g., cyclones) on the biological and
physical structure of coral reef communities. Students will not be
limited to working within coral reef systems, but rather will be
encouraged to address related questions in coral reefs and/or other
ecological systems. The students will be joining a research group
that uses data from many scientific fields in order to tackle broader-
scale questions. Therefore, students will also be encouraged to work
on novel informatics techniques to aid in large-scale data integration
and analysis.
It is anticipated that students will conduct fieldwork and explore
modelling approaches in pursuit of their research questions. For this
reason, field experience and strong quantitative skills (including
mathematical modelling, computer programming, and statistics) are
desirable. Information on Dr. Madin’s research interests and past/
current projects can be found at www.bio.mq.edu.au/
computational_ecology. Interested students should then contact him
and include a complete CV (including relevant coursework, research
experience, and any publications) as well as a brief summary of their
research interests. For further information, please email Dr. Madin
directly at jmadin at bio.mq.edu.au.
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Joshua S. Madin
Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW, 2109
Australia
Phone: +61 2 9850-4258
Email: jmadin at bio.mq.edu.au
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