PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Reading

We offer PhD degrees in ecology and evolutionary biology.Ecologists research interactions between species and their environments, examining factors that influence their abundance and distribution. Their research addresses climate change adaptation, design of habitat networks and agri-environment schemes.Evolutionary biologists use modern analytical tools to research the evolution of plants, animals and microbes. Our work includes developing new methods to incorporate fossils and geographic data into phylogenies, to detect natural selection on phenotypes and probe gene network evolution and adaptive landscapes.