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PhD Opportunities

This lists details the PhD projects that we are aware of. They are by no means exhaustive and the institutions listed, and others, may well be offering additional projects. Further details for many of these projects are already available on institutional websites. Note that application deadlines can be as early as January, and interviews usually take place during the period January-April.

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PhD: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of early animals

Institution: University of Cambridge
Supervisor(s): Dr Emily G Mitchell and Prof Andrea Manica, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: Life has existed on Earth for more than 3.5 billion years, but it is only around 600 million years ago, during the Ediacaran time period (635 – 541 Ma), that animals appear in the rock record. It is during the Ediacaran animals evolved some of their most important traits: most obviously large body-size but also tissue-differentiation, mobility, bilateral symmetry and ecosystem engineering (reef-building). Over the last ten years, mathematical ecological approaches have demonstrated how previously elusive biological details can be extracted from the Ediacaran fossil record. More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025