GRADUATE STUDENT POSITION
Evoflor Group
Departments of Genetics/Ecology
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Granada

The Evoflor Group at University of Granada is seeking highly motivated graduate students with interests in evolutionary biology, ecology and genetics.  At the moment, there are the possibility of a position for two students at the Ph.D. Level granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (FPI and FPU programs).

To get an idea of our projects currently underway, please follow these links:

http://www.evoflor.org
http://www.evoflor.org/strugen.html

With our current scientific project (StruGen) we will carry out observational and experimental approaches to evaluate the relative importance of the spatial structure, the micro-environment and the genotype/phenotype in shaping the generalization degree of plants belonging to the same population. We will assess the structure and clustering pattern of the pollination and mating intraspecific networks emerging from those interactions and we will also analyse how individual differences in the degree of generalization affect plant fitnesses. We will extend the network analytical approach widely used in community ecology to understand the ecological and genetic factors driving generalization differences among individuals within populations and will analyse their evolutionary outcomes.

The University of Granada is located in Granada, Spain, close to the Sierra Nevada mountains and is known for its lively student environment. For information on the University of Granada please see http://www.ugr.es/

Students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in our group could contact Francisco Perfectti (fperfect@ugr.es) or José M. Gómez (jmgreyes@ugr.es) via email.

This research project is financed by a grant from the spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.