We invite applications for a fully funded three-year Doctoral
Researcher position at the Finnish Museum of Natural History. The
successful candidate will join the research group of Dr. Sergei
Tarasov <https://www.tarasovlab.com/> and an international network of
collaborators. The position is part of a broader project on dung beetle
evolution funded by the Research Council of Finland.

The PhD project will aim to uncover the macroevolutionary mechanisms
driving dung beetle phenotypic diversification. The PhD candidate will
investigate how dung beetle phenomes evolved during adaptive radiations
by integrating phylogenomic and phenotypic data, high-dimensional
phenotypic datasets, and advanced evolutionary models. A central focus
will be on testing how major environmental transitions such as the
K-Pg extinction and the Late Miocene grassland expansion reshaped
dung availability and triggered shifts in phenotypic evolutionary rates.

The position will remain open until March 16th, or until a suitable
candidate is found.

For more information, please visit:
https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Doctoral-Researcher-in-Macroevolution-and-Phenotypic-Diversification-of-Dung-Beetles/1352799257/

Sergei Tarasov, Ph.D.
Curator of Coleoptera (beetles)
Associate Professor
Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS)
P.O. Box 17 (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13)
FI-00100 University of Helsinki
Phone: +358 294128853
Email: sergei.tarasov@helsinki.fi
Website: https://www.tarasovlab.com