Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES at UBC) is seeking graduate students, a PhD student (biodiversity and ES mapping and modelling) and a faculty colleague.
Graduate students
UBC is seeking graduate students. Ranked in the top ten globally for environmental and ecological studies, this institute is deeply interdisciplinary, problem focused, solutions oriented, and curiosity driven. Competitive funding is available to top graduate applicants. Candidates should apply by 31 December 2020. Have a look at the Grad Recruitment 2021 Poster.
PhD vacancy
In particular, they are seeking a PhD student to map and model biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Metro Vancouver region. The successful candidate will be co-supervised by Kai Chan and Matt Mitchell. Interested applicants should apply to the RES PhD program (https://ires.ubc.ca/graduate-program/) by January 2021. Students wishing to indicate and assess interest before applying can send a cover letter, CV, a statement of grades (including TOEFL score if international student) by email to [email protected] and [email protected]. The anticipated starting date will be 1 September 2021 assuming UBC entrance requirements are met. You can find more information here.
Faculty vacancy
Finally, they are also hiring a new faculty colleague as part of a Biodiversity Solutions cluster hire.