MS and PhD positions are available in the Nietlisbach Lab at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, USA, to start in summer or fall 2025. We have openings within two projects.

 We seek one to two candidates interested in studying extra-pair reproduction and its costs and benefits in a house wren population in central Illinois. We additionally seek a candidate interested in studying the evolutionary genomics of isolated island populations of North American deermice, possibly involving their microbiomes. Please see our lab website for further information about these projects: https://about.illinoisstate.edu/pnietli/research/.

 Applications 

Interested students are encouraged to contact Pirmin Nietlisbach ([email protected]). Please include a cover letter explaining what projects and questions interest you, why you would like to pursue graduate studies and how your experiences have prepared you for it. Please also include your Academic CV and a copy of your course transcript. After an initial screening of applications, we will set up Zoom meetings in the next few weeks. Preferred candidates will then be encouraged to formally apply to our graduate program. 

Please see this website for more information about our graduate program, associated benefits (tuition waiver and teaching assistantships), and its admission requirements: