The Integrative Biology and Evolutionary Ecology Research group (iBEERLab) at the University of Hong Kong is seeking applications for highly motivated Master & PhD students interested in studying eco-evolutionary dynamics in changing environments. The research will involve fieldwork in tropical and sub-tropical regions in Asia as well as manipulative laboratory experiments in Hong Kong.
The research projects aim to gain a better understanding of phenotypic and molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution in extreme environments and along geographic/climatic clines.
Our research group follows the Krogh's Principle (i.e., for every biological problem, there is an organism ideally suited as an experimental model). Based on this concept, we have worked in different ecological systems (e.g., Antarctic waters, tropical coasts, upwelling regions, deserts), using different organisms, from unicellular fungi and phytoplankton to bigger eukaryotes such as molluscs, crustaceans, elasmobranchs, seaweeds amphibians and marsupials. In our work, we address transversal questions in evolutionary biology using the interaction of different approaches from comparative physiology to quantitative genetics, genomics and transcriptomics.
Our research group follows the Krogh's Principle (i.e., for every biological problem, there is an organism ideally suited as an experimental model). Based on this concept, we have worked in different ecological systems (e.g., Antarctic waters, tropical coasts, upwelling regions, deserts), using different organisms, from unicellular fungi and phytoplankton to bigger eukaryotes such as molluscs, crustaceans, elasmobranchs, seaweeds amphibians and marsupials. In our work, we address transversal questions in evolutionary biology using the interaction of different approaches from comparative physiology to quantitative genetics, genomics and transcriptomics.
