Doctoral student in evolutionary ecology Lund University
Subject description
Biology is a broad subject about all living things. It encompasses everything from processes at the molecular and cellular level to global processes at ecosystem level. The subject is divided into a range of sub-disciplines and specializations. The PhD program at the Department of Biology includes many of these specializations, from molecular biology to applied ecology, from viruses and individual cells to evolutionary biology and global biodiversity. Taking on research studies at the Department of Biology generally means focusing on a delimited part of the research area of biology and may include field studies, experiments, theoretical studies, or a combination of these.
Work duties
The main duties of doctoral students are to devote themselves to their research studies which includes participating in research projects and third cycle courses. The work duties can also include teaching and other departmental duties (no more than 20%).
The Speciation, Adaptation and Co-Evolution research team is recruiting a PhD candidate to work on floral evolution in pollination-generalized plants. The PhD project is part of the POLLCLIM project funded by the European Research Counsil, and the recruited candidate will be part of a larger research team working together towards a better understanding of plant adaptation to changing pollinator assemblages.
The PhD candidate will be part of the research group of Dr. Øystein Opedal, and the Speciation, Adaptation and Co-Evolution (SPACE) research environment at Lund University. The group comprises three PI’s, three senior scientists, five postdocs, two PhD candidates and several MSc students and research assistants interested in the evolutionary ecology of plant-animal interactions.
The PhD candidate will focus on the importance of individual pollinator species in pollination, their behaviour on flowers, and how this varies in time and space. The work will involve extensive field studies, literature study, and statistical modelling. The field studies will focus on landscape-level variation in pollinator assemblages and pollinator phenotypes, and how pollinator phenotypes interact with floral phenotypes to determine the efficiency of pollination. The data from the field studies will be used to develop statistical models linking individual floral traits to pollination performance (e.g. pollen deposition onto stigmas) and in turn reproductive fitness (seed production).
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