Opportunities

Join us

Behavioural Ecology lab is always happy to welcome both domestic and international students to pursue higher degree research within the School of Natural Sciences of Macquarie University. If you are interested in working with spiders and insects, send an email along with your CV to Mariella Herberstein or contact any other lab member.

Current projects

There are several projects are currently available including:

1) The evolution of inaccurate mimicry in ant-mimics

2) Sperm transfer dynamics in spiders

3) Predator-prey interactions (aposematism, camouflage)

For more please check the research section.

Graduate candidates and Post Docs, interested in the mentioned projects or have their own research ideas are strongly encouraged to join us. We would love to hear your thoughts and discuss potential research topic. Highly motivated graduate students with an interest to study animal behaviour are welcome to apply for the academic year 2023 or later.

Volunteering

If you are interested in volunteering with us in the lab or the field, please contact Mariella Herberstein or any other lab member!

PhD and Masters Scholarships

Please click here to know the timelines for applying PhD or masters.

You can find everything regarding your application and enrolment here.

Macquarie University has domestic and international scholarships available for excellent candidates.

Any information about scholarship opportunities can be found here.

Post Doctoral Fellowship

Macquarie University Research Fellowships (MQRF) Scheme is an amazing opportunity for early career researchers. Please click here to get more information.

Other opportunities

Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)