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Martin Turcotte
@exp-evoeco.bsky.social
Associate Professor (U. of Pittsburgh). Lab studies reciprocal interactions between rapid evolution and ecology using experimental evolution in duckweed. Exploring species coexistence, polyploidy, and ecotoxicology… www.martinturcotte.net
#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication?

Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids

Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#Postdoc Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication?

Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids

Details: shorturl.at/EHOeJ
May 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Most of the Turcotte Lab is at #Evol2024. Come learn about duckweed:
- evo-coexistence (me)
- evolutionary alt. stable-states (Lacey)
- selection on plasticity (Trapper)
- evolution during invasion (Taylor)
Excited to be home and for everyone to enjoy this great city.
July 26, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Research Technician Position:
Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman and I (Univ. of Pittsburgh) are hiring a research technician to study the consequences of polyploidy in a model plant system. Details: tinyurl.com/az8jy2n4
November 28, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman and I (Univ. of Pittsburgh) are also looking to co-advise a Ph.D. student to study the ecological and evolutionary impacts of whole genome duplication (polyploidy) using our duckweed polyploids. Details: tinyurl.com/5dvatu4c
October 4, 2023 at 2:30 PM
I am Martin Turcotte, Assistant Prof at the Univ. of Pittsburgh. I am recruiting a PhD student to study rapid evolution in response to environmental pollution using experimental evolution with our duckweed system.
tinyurl.com/25dzwtyc
October 4, 2023 at 2:29 PM
2nd #PhD position:
Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman and I (Univ. of Pittsburgh) are looking to co-advise a Ph.D. student to study the ecological and evolutionary impacts of whole genome duplication (polyploidy) using our duckweed polyploids.
Details: tinyurl.com/5dvatu4c
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September 18, 2023 at 2:36 AM