PhD positions in Gothenburg, Sweden

[Christine Bacon]

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Within the Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, (GGBC) University of Gothenburg, Sweden, two PhD positions are open for application November 1st, 2017 until January 15th, 2018. The positions are part of the EU International Training Network programme PlantID, which announces 15 PhD student positions simultaneously. We seek highly motivated students to tackle taxonomic problems in the flowering plant genus Silene ranging from polyploidy, species delimitations, and it relations to conservation. The positions start in April 1st, 2018, and are fully funded including salary and social security benefits for four years. To be eligible to apply, you must not have been a resident in Sweden more than 12 months the last three years. See the below links for more details:

 - Species, a taxonomic category distinct from the lineage concept? A case study on species delimitation in Silene sect. Dipterospermae in Southern Africa

- Polyploid phylogenetics under the multi-species coalescent

 Supervisors:

Bengt Oxelman

Christine Bacon

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Christine D. Bacon

Assistant Professor
University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre

Box 461, SE 405-30

Göteborg, Sweden

Associate Researcher

Universidad CES
Medellin, Colombia