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Climatechangeandhybridisationinclownfishes

IncollaborationwiththeVisualEcologyandRiginosLabsweareexcitedtoofferaPhDscholarshiptoexamineclimatechangeimpactsonhybridisationinclownfishesunderthesupervisionofDr.JPHobbs,Prof.CynthiaRiginosandDr.KarenCheney.ThescholarshipisfundedbytheAustralianGovernmentandTheUniversityofQueenslandandprovidesalivingstipendofAUS$28,092perannumtaxfree(2020rate,indexedannually).Thescholarshipisopentobothdomesticandinternationalstudents,andoverseasStudentHealthCover(OSHC)isprovidedforinternationalstudents.Studentswillbeexpectedtostartassoonaspossible.

ProjectdescriptionCoralreefsaretheworld’smostbiodiversemarineecosystem.However,thisbiodiversityisthreatenedbyescalatinghumanimpacts.Theoreticalmodelspredictbiodiversitylossduetoimpactsonevolutionaryprocesses,includinghybridisation,butthisthreatremainsuntestedandunmanaged.Usingclownfishesasamodelgroup,thePhDstudentwillinvestigate:1.whetherclimatechangeincreaseshybridisation;and2,thegeneticconsequencesofhybridisation.ThePhDstudentwillleadaglobalprojectonclownfisheswithaccesstointernationalcollaboratorsandanextensivecollectionofsamples.Therewillbeopportunitiesforthestudenttodeveloptheirownresearchagendaandjoinresearchexpeditions.Thestudentwillworkinaleadingmolecularlaboratoryandjoinamultidisciplinaryteamthatstudiesbehaviour,sensoryneurobiologyandecology.Masters,firstclasshonoursorequivalentwithabackgroundinevolutionarybiologyand/ormolecularecology,especiallypopulationgenomics.Experienceinstatisticsandbioinformatics(e.g.R,Python,bash)ispreferred.Experiencewithfishesormarineorganismsisnotrequired.ThisPhDprojectissupportedbyanARCDECRAFellowshipawardedtoDrJPHobbs.

PleasecontactJean-PaulHobbs([email protected])forfurtherdetails.ExpressionsofinterestwillcloseApril30andshortlistedcandidateswillbeinvitedtoapplytoUQ.Foreligibilityandscholarshipdetails,pleasesee:https://scholarships.uq.edu.au/scholarship/earmarked-scholarships-support-category-1-project-grantsFormoreinformationonourresearchenvironment,pleasesee:https://jean-paulhobbs.weebly.com/https://visualecologyuq.com/http://www.cynthiariginos.org/https://www.ecovis.org.au