Current opportunities

Undergraduate Students: Primary roles for undergraduate researchers will be to assist with graduate student and postdoc projects, and conduct independent research. Students can receive course credit for participating in research and there are several opportunities to apply for funding to conduct research over the summer. We will be recruiting undergraduate researchers starting Fall 2023 to help with several ongoing projects. Please send Dr. Giery an email (stgiery [at] gmail.com) with a brief description of why you are interested in joining the lab. 

Postdoctoral Fellows: I am happy to work with prospective postdocs to apply for funding. Several programs provide postdoctoral opportunities, such as the National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB). I am happy to work with potential to postdocs to craft a proposal.

Graduate Students: We’re recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D.) to join the lab starting as early as January 2024. Our research focuses on understanding the reciprocal interactions between evolutionary and ecological processes in nature. More specifically, we investigate how intraspecific diversity evolves and influences ecological dynamics—from community to ecosystem levels. Our work integrates a broad range of tools and approaches including historical resurveys, intensive field surveys, stable isotope analyses, and field experiments. Competitive applicants will share our broad interest in evolutionary ecology and have prior research experience in the field or lab.

Research topics are flexible but would preferably build on the lab’s existing research themes and study systems (vernal pond amphibians in the eastern US, and anole lizards in the Caribbean). Students will develop skills in conducting fieldwork, experimental design, and quantitative analysis. All students admitted to the program are guaranteed assistantships ($18-25k/year) that come from a combination of teaching and other assistantships. I am happy to assist students with their National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship proposals (NSF GRFP) and other fellowship applications.

We’re looking for students to begin in Spring ’24 or Fall ’24. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. *Applicants interested in a Spring 2024 start should submit preliminary materials by July 31st 2023.* Do not hesitate to reach out at stgiery [at] gmail.com with any questions.

Ohio University Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) graduate program: www.ohio.edu/cas/biology/research/ecology-evolutionary

Ohio University Graduate Program: www.ohio.edu/cas/biology/graduate

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