Opportunity for a Ph.D. student to work on a project related to a newly-funded NSF grant at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA). The project will focus on the evolution and development of brain architecture in paper wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae), a group that shows tremendous diversity in social behavior and colony complexity. Research will include travel and field work in the Neotropics, as well as laboratory neuro-histology studies.

The grant will provide 3 years of half-time Research Assistant support (summer and one academic quarter/year; Teaching Assistant support will be guaranteed for the rest of the appointment). Prospective students can apply either through the UW Animal Behavior Program (Psychology) or UW Zoology.

See my web page to learn more about the work being done in my lab: faculty.washington.edu/sodonnel

Contact Associate Professor Sean O'Donnell (Email: sodonnel "at" u.washington.edu) for more information.