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Placed in the heart of Montreal we are an international research group working on contemporary challenges in freshwater ecology. If you are interested in spatial aspects of ecology, classic freshwater biology or macroecology our lab might be your fit. Although our aim is to advance freshwater ecology, interest and skills across these themes are not required in order to join the group. Through collaborations and personal development we seek to explore the broader goals in our lab while supporting personal research interests and strengths.

The lab provides a supportive and inclusive environment for members of all backgrounds to facilitate independence as scientists. We value people who have the capacity to succeed, rather than simply those who have always succeeded before. The lab provides close mentoring support via regular meetings, an open-door policy, personal development plans, and a strong community knowledge sharing between undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.

Postdoc applications are actively considered as of August 2021, graduate and undergraduate recruiting will start January 2022.

Postdocs: If you found interest in our lab please email me to discuss shared research interests and potential projects. McGill has a number of fellowship opportunities, including NSERC (due Oct.), Banting (due Sept.), Liber Ero (due Nov.), and the FRQNT (due Oct.). I am happy to provide feedback on application materials.

International Postdocs are welcomed in the lab, if you have national funding opportunities to do research abroad I am happy to discuss how we can support potential applications. Researchers from China should consider the CSC program

For people interested in transnational postdocs between McGill and European partners or would like to return to a preferred European university following a postdoc in our lab we do support Global Marie Curie Fellowships (due Oct)

Grad students: (unfortunately we do not have any graduate openings at the moment, January 2025)

Undergrads: If you are interested in obtaining research experience during your undergraduate studies McGill offers a number of opportunities. Please explore potential opportunities here and here. If you want to join the lab either through an independent study or a honors project please email your CV and a short summary of your research interests to lars.iversen@mcgill.ca