Graduate Assistantship at UVA in Forest Response to Climate

Hiring Organization: University of Virginia
Employment type: Full-Time
Job Location: Charlottesville, VA
Application Due Date: January 1, 2025

We have two PhD openings in the Blumstein Lab in Environmental Sciences at UVA.

Please check out UVA Environmental Science Department's graduate website  for more information on applying and requirements. If you are interested in joining the lab, please reach out to me by email prior to the application due date (January 2025) with a short statement of interest and a copy of the resume/cv. I also welcome students interested in collaborating on an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship application (reach out if you want to learn more!).

About the Lab

We use tools from both ecological and evolutionary fields to examine how forests trees will respond to the next century of stress and beyond. Below are two great references that give a broad overview to the types of tools and questions utilized by the lab.

  1. Cocciardi, J., A. Hoffman, D. Alvardo-Seranno, J. Anderson,. , M. Blumstein, M. Avolio. 2024. Nature Ecology & Evolution. The value of long-term ecological research for evolutionary insights.
  2. Blumstein, M. 2024. American Journal of Botany. The drivers of intraspecific trait variation and their implications for future plant productivity and survival.

Please be in touch if you are interested in joining!

Meghan Blumstein

She/her

Assistant Professor

Environmental Sciences & Landscape Architecture

E ycv4vb@virginia.edu

P 610.331.6584

 

University of Virginia

Environmental Sciences

291 McCormick Rd

Clark Hall 216

Charlottesville , VA 22904

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