🌳 #StudyTuesdays | PhD in Forest Restoration Ecology, Cornell University

Why do some trees thrive in recovering tropical forests while others fail? Cornell’s Forest Restoration Ecology Lab is recruiting a PhD student to find out.

🌍 Assistant Professor Katherine Sinacore’s lab studies how soil nutrients, water and plant–plant interactions shape forest restoration outcomes. The student will develop their own questions within an established experimental programme in Panama.

💼 What’s on offer
🎓 Five years of funding: stipend, tuition and health insurance, through research and teaching assistantships
🌿 Field experiments, ecological monitoring and plant–soil research in Panama
🏛️ Based in Ithaca, New York, starting fall 2027

📋 Strong fit if you have
✅ Curiosity and motivation, with an interest in forest restoration, plant ecology, soil science or related fields
⭐ A strong interest in tropical ecosystems (prior tropical fieldwork isn’t required)

📌 Check eligibility for international applicants and the application steps in the full announcement.

💚 IMVELO Impact: Africa’s restoration ambitions depend on knowing which trees will survive on degraded land, and why. Skills built in tropical forest restoration travel well to African landscapes.

📍 Location: Ithaca, New York, USA, with fieldwork in Panama
⏳ Type: PhD, five years, starting fall 2027
⏰ Deadline: 1 December 2026

🔗 Apply here: https://cals.cornell.edu/

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