The Biodiversity Genomics Lab of the Illinois Natural History Survey (Tan Lab) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is seeking to recruit a Ph.D. graduate student interested in fish evolution and genomics to start in Fall semester of 2025. The lab's theme is in studying evolution and diversification in fishes by applying phylogenetic, genomic, and comparative methods. Funding is available to work on a project focusing on the North American minnows of the family Leuciscidae, including genomics, phylogenomics, biogeography, and/or comparative phylogenetic methods for studying diversification. Desirable experience (although not required) include familiarity with planning fieldwork, collecting, preserving, and identifying North American freshwater fish species particularly minnows, DNA extraction, bioinformatics, and comparative phylogenetics analysis in R. For more information on the research occurring in the lab, see this page: https://miltontan.github.io/research/ The University of Illinois has a strong collection of faculty in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior and the School of Integrative Biology. The student can apply through the interdisciplinary Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (http://peec.illinois.edu/prospective/pre_application). Champaign-Urbana has a diverse, affordable, micro-urban community, are great college towns, and are close to three major cities including Chicago. Learn more about Champaign-Urbana here: http://www.yourewelcomecu.com/cu-community/ The Illinois Natural History Survey is a part of the Prairie Research Institute (PRI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 1858, the INHS has been the guardian and recorder of the biological resources of Illinois the state's biological memory. With a staff of over 200 scientists and technicians, it is recognized as the premier natural history survey in the nation. The INHS Biological Collections include more than 9.5 million specimens housed in eleven separate collections, including the most complete record of Illinois biota anywhere, as well as having global geographic coverage for many groups. The fish collection alone houses over 1 million specimens and ranks within the top 15 largest in North America, providing an excellent resource for research into fish biodiversity. Interested students are encouraged to contact Dr. Milton Tan prior to application with a brief statement of their research interests, experience, and accomplishments and a CV to express their interest and communicate about the opportunity. Application deadlines for the PEEC program is December 1st 2024, applications will be reviewed after that date. Milton Tan, Ph.D. (He/Him) Assistant Research Scientist in Biodiversity Genomics Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Tan, Milton" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)