PhD Opportunity at Texas A&M

Dr. Marcus Blum and others at Texas A&M University are seeking to recruit a PhD student to begin in Fall 2026. The project will focus on wildlife nutrition and range ecology, with substantial fieldwork to collect fecal and vegetation samples throughout the year to estimate range capacity for a newly translocated population of bighorn sheep in West Texas. In addition, the student will investigate how recreational activity may influence bighorn sheep behavior and movement patterns, while also evaluating current and future population performance.

This project will involve a significant field component, so the student must be comfortable working in physically demanding, remote conditions typical of bighorn sheep habitat.

The position will be fully funded. The formal position announcement is posted on the Texas A&M job board: https://jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=115197