The Gill research group (Home | richardgill
(gillinsectresearch.com) is looking to put forward
a candidate to the Imperial's President's PhD scholarship
(https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/pg/fees-and-funding/scholarships/presidents-phd-scholarships/).
Applications are accepted from talented candidates from the UK and
worldwide.

We will fully support the student in completing this application, and
would like the student to follow one of three areas of research dependent
on what fits their interest:

# Arctic plant-pollinator responses to climate change. Project takes
advantage of a long-term field site in Arctic Sweden where we study the
responses of bees and their host plants to climatic variation. This
helps to understand how thermal performances and distributions can
predict ecological interactions (field, lab & desk based).

# Quantifying a century of trait diversity change in insect
pollinators.Project would leverage entomological museum specimens to
collect multidimensional trait data helping to understand trait responses
to past and future environmental change (desk based).

# Determining how climate can mediate the risks associated with
pesticide exposure in bees.The project will undertake a series of lab and
mesocosm assays under temperature gradients to quantify bee molecular,
developmental and behavioural responses to pesticide exposure helping
to understand past and future population responses (primarily lab based).

If interested, please email Richard Gill (r.gill@imperial.ac.uk) with
your CV, the theme(s) that grab(s) your attention, and any additional
information. I will contact the candidate if their CV is suitable.

This will also be a rolling deadline until a suitable candidate is picked.

Kind Regards,

Dr Richard Gill

Reader in Evolutionary and Experimental Ecology

Dept. Life Sciences

Silwood Park Campus

Imperial College London, UK

"Gill, Richard J" <r.gill@imperial.ac.uk>

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