The Dijkstra lab at Central Michigan University is recruiting PhD students to start in Fall 2026. The positions are fully funded by our new NSF award focusing on the behavioral and neurogenomic basis of aggression biases and its role in speciation in African cichlid fish. If you're passionate about behavioral neuroscience, animal behavior, stress biology, or evolution, we welcome your inquiry. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Peter Dijkstra (dijks1p@cmich.edu) with (i) a statement of interest detailing how you might fit in the lab, (ii) CV, (iii) transcripts (unofficial is sufficient), and iv) contact information of 3 references. Please compile as a single pdf and include "PhD Student Application 2026" in the email subject line. Review of applications will start by Oct. 20. For more information about the Dijkstra lab, please visit https://sites.google.com/site/peterdijkstrausnl/home Peter Dijkstra Professor Department of Biology Central Michigan University "Dijkstra, Peter Douwe" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)