Interested in joining the group?

Open Positions

Open positions in the group

Bachelors/Masters projects

The group offers a number of projects appropriate for a Bachelors/Masters thesis in theoretical biology. The following is a small selection of projects that range across scales of organisation, such as,

  • Biological systems
    • Eco-evolutionary dynamics of mutualistic and parasitic relationships
    • Ecological data analysis
    • Evolution of endosymbiosis
    • Originator dynamics - tradeoffs between replication and elongation
    • Resistance evolution
    • etc
  • Cultural systems
    • Reinforcement learning dynamics in various systems
    • Eco-evolutionary dynamics of cooperation
    • Collective beliefs and trust
    • etc
  • Tool-box development
    • Branching processes
    • Evolutionary game theory
    • Learning dynamics and Bayesian analysis
    • Connecting population genetics and evolutionary games.
    • etc.

… but we mostly design projects with the interests of the candidates in mind. For more information and inspiration, feel free to browse our Publications, and for more information, feel free to Get in touch.

PhD projects

Use it or lose it: what determines the regulation mode of a given gene?

Massey University - Auckland Campus School of Natural and Computational Sciences

Please submit your application (or inquiry) via email to the main supervisor of this project: A/Prof. Xue-Xian Zhang (x.x.zhang1@massey.ac.nz).