The Semeniuk Lab recognizes that diversity is critical to achieving personal, academic, and research excellence that fosters leadership and societal change. Please read the Lab’s Value Statement and Guiding Principles to see whether you would like to become a member of our lab and participate in upholding these values.
Our lab is very active with a variety of different research topics and techniques for setting up new experiments, data collection, data analysis, statistical analyses, literature reviews, and data management. Our grad students often work closely with undergraduate research assistants as they work through different stages of their projects. Long-term undergrads and honor’s thesis students are often paired with a graduate student for support, and work on a side project that fits in to a larger, broad-scale work. Please contact Dr. Christina Semeniuk via email (semeniuk@uwindsor.ca) if you are interested in joining the lab as an undergraduate research assistant, work study or honour’s thesis student, graduate student, or post-graduate fellow. Please indicate your research interests and include a CV or resumé.
Current Opportunities:
We are seeking one PhD student and one Master’s student to join the Adaptive Capacity Lab at the University of Windsor to work with our interdisciplinary team exploring the influence of hybridization on fish, people, and place in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Working with our partners – the Margaree Salmon Association, the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources, DFO, and our research collaborators, Dr. Hannah Harrison (Dalhousie University) and Dr. Scott Pavey (University of New Brunswick), our research program takes a multidisciplinary approach to address hybridization between non-native Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) and native Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in the Margaree river. The research that students would be co-developing would focus on the performance of juvenile trout x salmon hybrids in comparison to salmon and trout offspring.
Common Eider drake flying across the bay. Photo Credit: Evan Richardson
Experience Required
Interested applicant should have an undergraduate (MSc applicant) and Master’s degree (PhD applicant) in biology, environmental sciences or studies, social sciences, natural resource management, Indigenous studies, or related field. Students with keen interest in interdisciplinary research/methods such as GIS, mixed- methods, and joint modelling approaches are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be willing to travel and spend time in eastern communities. Applicants must have strong communication and interpersonal skills, be highly organized, and the ability to manage multiple tasks. Candidates must be willing and committed to co-developing projects with local and regional partners, supporting Indigenous research priorities, and enhancing Indigenous self-determination in research. Above all, we are seeking applicants who are kind, and desire to help make the world a better place for nature and people.
To Apply
1. Maximum one-page cover letter/statement of interest describing your fit and interest in this position.
2. CV demonstrating relevant experience and background.
3. Unofficial transcript.
4. Names/contact information for two references.
All documents must be submitted to semeniuk@uwindsor.ca.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Christina. Potential start date: Fall 2026 or Winter 2027.
Note that we are only accepting Canadian students at this time.
The MSc and PhD student would be part of the Integrative Biology Department, University of Windsor, and supervised by Christina Semeniuk (UWindsor). We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous residents. Applications are also welcome from other students with relevant interests and experience in northern research.
Position will remain open until filled.
