PhD in Environmental Science

This PhD position focuses on understanding and harnessing the seasonality of the intermediate host of the schistosomiasis cycle: snails./nThe chosen candidate will (1) collect field and lab data on snail populations across a period of two years in collaboration with researchers in Tanzania, (2) adapt and apply mathematical models (ordinary differential equations, ODEs) to better understand how seasonality impacts snail populations and infection outcomes, and (3) work closely with local communities to develop locally-ground intervention methodologies informed by data and model outcomes./nThe chosen candidate will be based in the SNAIL lab, led by Dr. Naima Starkloff in the Evolutionary and Population Biology (EPB) Department at the University of Amsterdam (UvA)./nPosition location: Amsterdam, Netherlands.