Fwd: Graduate position: ColumbiaU_NY.BirdSpeciation

[Ellen Hostert]

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From: <evo...@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca>
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Subject: Graduate position: ColumbiaU_NY.BirdSpeciation
To: <ehos...@maine.edu>

Doctoral position

Delmore lab (delmorelab.com)

Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B)

Columbia University

The Delmore lab is recruiting a PhD student to start in Fall of 2026. We
seek one highly motivated student with experience in population genetics,
and bioinformatics, and working with wild birds.

The successful applicant will join a project that leverages a natural
hybrid zone between two subspecies of Swainson’s thrushes to investigate
the genomics of speciation, the genetic basis of migration, and the
consequences of hybridization. They will build on existing work in the
system (e.g., Blain SA et al 2025. Repeatable selection on large ancestry
blocks in an avian hybrid zone Molecular Biology and Evolution; Justen
et al 2024. Mapping seasonal migration in a songbird hybrid zone PNAS).

The position will involve additional field sampling and sequencing. Plus
population genetic analyses using NGS data. If interested, the successful
applicant could extend field work beyond sampling to include experimental
approaches (e.g. tracking birds, song playback).

Funding is available through TAships/RAships. The applicant will also
be encouraged to apply for external funding.

Qualifications

- BSc or MSc in evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, or equivalent

- Strong background in population genetics or quantitative genetics

- Experience combining bioinformatics with population genetics

- Field experience in capturing and banding wild birds

Application

Please send a CV and a short description of your interest in the position
and any relevant research experience to ked...@columbia.edu, along with
the names and emails of 203 people I could contact for reference letters.

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Kira Delmore | Associate Professor
Department of E3B | Columbia University
1014A Schermerhorn Extension | 1200 Amsterdam Avenue | New York, NY 10027
1 (979) 900-2129 | ked...@columbia.edu |
delmorelab.com

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Kira Delmore <ked...@columbia.edu>

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University of Maine at Machias
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