Assistant Professor – Vertebrate Behavioral Ecologist
The Department of Biology at James Madison University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Vertebrate Behavioral Ecology starting in August 2017. The Department of Biology is a vibrant, growing department with 52 full-time faculty, nearly 1,000 majors and 17 master’s students. The department emphasizes student engagement and integrating teaching and scholarship through independent […]
Student travel award to attend to the 12th International Mammalogical Congress in Perth, Australia, in July 2017
APPLICATION DEADLINE NOVEMBER 15, 2016 Are you an undergraduate or graduate student member of the American Society of Mammalogists who plans to attend the 12th International Mammalogical Congress in Perth, Australia, in July 2017? Or do you know of any undergraduate or graduate student who wishes to attend the congress and who needs some financial […]
Funded PhD on Black-winged Myna in Indonesia
Conservation ecology and reintroduction of the Critically Endangered Black-winged Myna in Indonesia Project summary The PhD, joint funded by Chester Zoo and MMU, focuses on conservation management for the three subspecies of Black-winged Myna Acridotheres melanopterus (likely the subject of a future taxonomic upgrade), as well as other bird species under extreme threat of extinction owing to […]
Funded PhD on Javan cagebird trade
Understanding the Asian songbird crisis: supply and demand within Java’s huge captive bird market Project summary The pet trade on Java has devastated the island’s wild bird populations, and its influence extends across Indonesia and far into other adjacent Asian nations, fueling the Asian Songbird Crisis. Conservation-motivated research on the issue has thus far focused […]