Join our team!

If you are interested in working in the lab, you are encouraged to contact graduate students or postdoctoral fellows (Instagram or labic.unesp.rc@gmail.com) and Dr. Mauro Galetti (mauro.galetti@unesp.br) directly.

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​Application

Please fill out the following form. This application essentially seeks to help you select lab personnel you'd be most interested in working with and give us a little bit of your background. We seek to attain a diverse and respectful community in our lab, and while we value past experience, do not let a lack of or varying circumstances prevent you from applying.​

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• Name;

• Course enrolled;

• Do you have experience with Office Package programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and R language?

• Linkedin profile link;

• Curriculum Lattes access link;

• Copy of academic transcript;

• Cover letter (formal) containing:

  • A short bio about yourself;

  • The lines of research you're interested in developing at Labic;

  • Your current reading list;

  • Any previous experience you have with collecting field data;

  • How many hours per week you're available;

  • Your English proficiency rating;

  • Do you have a car? Yes or No.

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• We recommend that you read these publications before applying to work in the laboratory, as they will help you learn about the lines of research we are developing: 

  • GALETTI, M. Um naturalista no Antropoceno: Um biólogo em busca do selvagem [online]. São Paulo: Editora UNESP, 2023, 183 p. ISBN: 978-65-5714-454-1.

  • C. Bello et al, Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests. Sci Adv 1, e1501105 (2015).

  • R. Dirzo et al, Defaunation in the Anthropocene. Science 345, 401-406 (2014).

  • M. Galetti, Functional extinction of birds drives rapid evolutionary changes in seed size (vol 340, pg 1086, 2013). Science 342, 1316 (2013).