Ira Handa, Université du Québec à Montréal

Research

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Unravelling how urbanization influences soil invertebrate community assembly, food web interactions and associated ecosystem functions
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$198,000

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Unravelling how urbanization influences soil invertebrate community assembly, food web interactions and associated ecosystem functions

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Handa, Ira Tanya

Keywords: urban; soils; leaf litter; invertebrates; functional traits; consumer-resource interactions; trait covariation; trait matching; feeding traits; springtails

$198,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Handa, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Unravelling how urbanization influences soil invertebrate community assembly, food web interactions and associated ecosystem functions" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]