Our research team is interested in supporting candidates applying for The Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholars Program, who wish to conduct their postdoctoral studies in Israel. 

Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholars receive a scholarship of $50,000 per academic year for up to two years, with $36,000 each year for living expenses and $14,000 each year for research ($10,000) and travel ($4,000) expenses. Candidates must be citizens of the United States or Canada, or have a documented status that allows them to study and work in the US.

Successful candidates will be involved in a collaborative project between the University of Michigan (Dr. Luis Zaman), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Dr. Hadas Hawlena), the University of Texas at Austin (Dr. Jeffrey Barrick), Michigan State University (Prof. Richard Lenski), and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Prof. Shimon Harrus). This project is funded by the Ecology of Infectious Diseases program at the NSF.  

The research aims to identify conditions that favor increased parasite evolvability (the evolution of parasite capabilities to produce novel variations) through evolutionary experiments with wild rodents and their bacteria. This study lies at the interface of evolution, ecology, microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics.

A background in evolutionary biology, community ecology, or disease ecology is desired and skills in molecular biology, bioinformatics, and microbiology are preferred.   

More details on the fellowship can be found at http://zuckerman-scholars.org/

Interested candidates are welcome to send an application to Dr. Hawlena: hadasaw@bgu.ac.ilASAP and before April 24.