Fwd: Graduate Position: PurdueU.PlantEvolutionaryGenomics

[Ellen Hostert]

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From: <evo...@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Subject: Graduate Position: PurdueU.PlantEvolutionaryGenomics
To: <ehos...@maine.edu>

PhD POSITIONS AVAILABLE – Population genetics, Genomics, Adaptive
evolution, Extremophiles, Bioinformatics, Functional genomics,
Quantitative genetics, Gene regulatory evolution

The Hancock Lab invites applications for PhD Students to work on
questions related to evolution of complex traits and adaptation to
extreme environments in plants.

Research in the lab aims to clarify the genetic bases and evolutionary
histories of complex traits, with particular focus on adaptive evolution
in response to challenging environments in plant systems. Research in
the lab ranges from trait mapping (GWAS), population genomic analysis,
modeling, functional genomic analysis and validation/investigation using
CRISPR mutants.

More information about work in the lab can be found at:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xv_ghYAAAAAJ&hl=en

PhD students who join the lab have the opportunity to join the Purdue
Computational Life Sciences (CLS) Program, part of the Computational
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (CIGP).

The lab is part of the Department of Botany at Purdue University and is
affiliated with the Center for Plant Biology as well as Computational
and Systems Biology and Plant Biology training groups of PULSE (Purdue
University Interdisciplinary Life Science Program). Purdue is equipped
with advanced genomics and bioinformatics facilities, through the Rosen
Center for Advanced Computation.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, IN, an affordable college town with
an active campus community situated next to the Wabash river with over
30 miles of bike trails. Across the river, vibrant Lafayette, IN offers
a wide array of independent shops and restaurants. For weekend trips,
Indianapolis and Chicago are reachable within 1-2 hours.

Informal enquiries are welcome. For formal applications, please
email a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and names and contact
information of at least two references to Dr. Angela Hancock
(ahan...@purdue.edu). Applications ultimately must be submitted to either
the Department of Botany or PULSE graduate program. Deadline to apply:
December 1, 2025.

Botany PhD Program <https://ag.purdue.edu/department/btny/graduate-program.html>
Computational Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
<https://www.purdue.edu/academics/ogsps/cigp/apply.html>


Angela M. Hancock
Botany and Plant Pathology
915 W. State Street
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
https://ag.purdue.edu/directory/mahancoc
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xv_ghYAAAAAJ&hl=en
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4768-3377






Angela Hancock <ahan...@purdue.edu>

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Professor of Biology
University of Maine at Machias
116 O'Brien Avenue
Machias, ME 04654
(207) 255-1301
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