Join Us

The Cadillo lab is a young and vibrant group and we are always looking for talented students, postdocs and international visitors!

Active Opportunities:

Graduate Student on “Functional Biology and system biology analysis of anaerobic Archaea-Bacteria interaction (open for 2017-2018 admission cycle) (microbiology, evolutionary biology and omics background)

Graduate Student on ” Ecosystem controls on CH4 production in Tropical wetlands: assessment across scales” (open for 2017-2018 admission cycle) (ecology, modeling, geochemistry and ecosystem ecology background)

Past Opportunities:

1. Postdoctoral Researcher on “Carbon Dynamics of Tropical Peatlands (2015– search closed)

2. Postdoctoral Researcher on “Microbial biology and geochemical processes of contrasting ecosystems: from desert to tropics” (2016 search closed)


Postdoctoral Candidates:

We are looking for highly motivated graduates with experience in ecosystems ecology, anaerobic microbiology, genomics/metagenomics, geomicrobiology/stable isotopes, or soil ecology to join current efforts or to propose new projects.

Graduate Student Candidates:

Graduate students in our lab benefit from a mixed source of funding that includes: fellowships, teaching and research assistantships.

Students are accepted into our lab through programs from the Graduate College and the School of Life Sciences. See the linked information for SOLS, Graduate College, and Biological Design Program.

Professor Cadillo is a faculty member in the following programs:

Undergraduate and High School Candidates:

We commonly post research opportunities through the SOLUR program for undergraduate researchers and through the SCENE program for high school students. We encourage you to investigate their openings in relation to our lab.

International Visitor candidates:

Our lab is always welcoming international collaborations and visitors.

We host visiting professors and scholars commonly under the financial sponsorship of their home organizations with interest for training and joint research. Contact Professor Cadillo about opportunities and interests.

We host international internships such as those sponsored by the DAAD RISE-Worlwide program, Chinese Exchange programs (several of them specially for faculty) and REPU. We are post positions through each of these programs so visit their websites.