The Wilsterman Lab at Colorado State University is recruiting PhD students to join our collaborative team!

Our lab is broadly interested in how reproductive traits contribute to the capacity of species to respond to environmental variation, persist and ultimately adapt to challenges. We focus primarily on mammals, using the North American deer mouse as our primary model system. We employ a combination of approaches to answer questions, including experimental and organismal physiology, genetics and genomics, and computational analyses associated with some of these tools.

We are seeking students interested in reproductive investment, energy allocation, responses to environmental cues, and/or local adaptation.

Fort Collins, Colorado is a wonderful place to live and work – it’s super friendly for bike commuting nearly year-round and provides excellent access to local trails and hiking. In addition, the city attracts a range of music and arts, and Denver and Boulder are nearby for what you can’t find in town. The Biology Department at CSU is broad and collaborative, with research expertise spanning synthetic biology, plant adaptation, genetics and genomics, as well as animal physiology and behavior. Beyond the Biology Department, CSU has strengths in wildlife and natural resources, biomedicine (including veterinary medicine, and reproductive physiology.

If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to Dr. Kate Wilsterman (kwilst – at – rams.colostate.edu) to start a conversation about CSU and opportunities in our lab.