We currently have a number of projects available for graduate level or postdoctoral research based in the Spatial Dynamics lab in the department of Anthropology at Stanford, including

1. coordinating a multi-sited project on fire ecology and livelihoods in Indigenous Californian and Australian communities
   

2. analysis of historic aerial photography (ca 1955) in the Western Desert to establish baseline anthropogenic fire mosaics under a nomadic burning regime
   

3. analysis of satellite imagery in conjunction with ground-based surveys to establish the effect of anthropogenic fire on the distribution and productivity of edible plants and prey animals
   

4. the ecology of human-camel interactions in the Western Desert, with applications for a sustainable feral camel population control and ecological mitigation program
   

Prospective PhD students with strong anthropological or ecological backgrounds are encouraged to apply in the Ecology and Environment concentration in Stanford’s Department of Anthropology.