Category: Research Position
Published: May 11, 2018 Jobs, Research Position
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Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin upon submission. Position Summary: The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is seeking candidates for its 2018 Visitor Engagement Fellowship (a two-year term appointment). The Visitor Engagement Fellow is part of the Arboretum’s Education and Public Programs team and supports projects and initiatives that encourage visitors to engage with the Arboretum’s…
Published: February 13, 2018 Jobs, Research Position
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Open & closing dates: 02/07/2018 to 02/21/2018 Salary $45,972 to $59,762 per year Work schedule: Full-Time – Full-Time, Permanent Appointment type: Permanent – Federal Summary This position will provide technical support for molecular genetics research and collections in the Laboratories of Analytical Biology (L.A.B.), National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (primary duty station is at the Natural…
Published: October 10, 2017 Jobs, Research Position, Teaching
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Description Earlham College invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, a tenure-track position with teaching and research interests in field-based ecology and evolutionary biology. The position in the Department of Biology begins in July 2018. The Department seeks an individual who is first and foremost excited about teaching — in lecture, laboratory and research…
Published: September 6, 2017 Curator, Jobs, Research Position, Teaching
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RECRUITMENT PERIOD Open September 1st, 2017 through December 1st, 2017 DESCRIPTION The Department of Integrative Biology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley invite applications for a full time (50% IB, 50% MVZ) tenure-track position in vertebrate evolutionary biology at the Assistant Professor/Assistant Curator level. Potential start date is July…
The Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, invites applications for an Assistant Curator (equivalent to Assistant Professor), a tenure-track position, who will serve as curator-in-charge of the Herbarium, including supervision of its staff. The successful candidate is expected to conduct a dynamic research program focused broadly on the evolutionary biology of plants. Qualified…
Published: August 24, 2017 Jobs, Research Position
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The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM) and Yale University invite applications for a data scientist to help develop and advance the innovative use of informatics tools for the synthesis and utilization of biodiversity information in research and education. The YPM is among the oldest, largest, and most active university natural history museums in…
Published: August 24, 2017 Curator, Jobs, Research Position, Teaching
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Department of Biology & Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: We seek a creative, collaborative thinker with a collection-based research program involving molecular approaches to studying fish systems. We are especially interested in candidates who use genomic tools and data sets in combination with innovative computational, ecological, behavioral and/or comparative approaches to…
Published: January 6, 2017 Research Position
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Interim Curator for the Anthropocene. The primary responsibility for this position will be to work with the Director, museum senior leadership and science staff, as well as Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh central staff to develop an intellectual and infrastructural framework for the new…
Published: November 29, 2016 Curator, Jobs, Research Position, Teaching
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The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder invite applications for a tenure-track appointment as Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology & Paleobotany and Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences. We seek a scientist who will conduct field and collection-based research in one or more of the following areas:…
Published: October 24, 2016 Curator, Jobs, Research Position
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The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder invite applications for a tenure-track appointment as Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology & Paleobotany and Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences. We seek a scientist who will conduct field and collection-based research in one or more of the following areas: evolutionary studies, systematics, organismal…
There is a vacancy for a permanent position as associate professor in systematic entomology at the University Museum of Bergen, Department of Natural History. The museum staff execute research, collection management and public outreach in natural and cultural history. The department of Natural History has the scientific and curatorial responsibility for botany, geology and zoology…
Published: September 30, 2016 Curator, Jobs, Research Position
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The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) seeks a Curator to build an interdisciplinary program of Southern California archaeology related, but not limited, to historical ecology, environmental archaeology, material sourcing, trade and economics, or material culture. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in an anthropological discipline, a record of outstanding research and…
Published: September 22, 2016 Curator, Jobs, Research Position, Teaching
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POSITION AVAILABLE: Tenure-track Assistant Curator of Mammals and Assistant Professor of Biology, Sam Noble Museum and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. SALARY: Negotiable (9-month appointment). BEGINNING DATE: 16 August 2017 DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: We seek a creative, collaborative thinker with a collection-based research program involving molecular approaches to studying mammalian systems. We…
The Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) Herbarium Research Botanist & Collections Manager is responsible (1) collection curation and management of all CCBER/UCSB Natural History Collections and (2) conducting original research focused on botanical and ecosystem exploration in California and elsewhere. Preference is on research interests that utilize existing collections, result in the…
Published: July 14, 2016 Curator, Jobs, Research Position
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The Milwaukee Public Museum is seeking a mid-career research curator with a Ph.D. to oversee the Zoology Department. The person in this leadership role will plan, direct, implement and coordinate activities of the Zoology Department (Invertebrates and Vertebrates) to ensure the effectiveness and balance of scholarly research, collections, public service/education, and exhibit development. The candidate…
Published: July 14, 2016 Jobs, Research Position
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The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) seeks a highly motivated, full time Research Botanist with a primary focus on plant systematics and complementary interests in floristics, ecology, adaptations, and/or conservation. A research program that includes a field- and collections-based focus on the geographic area of Texas and the south-central U.S.A. is preferred. It is…
Published: July 14, 2016 Curator, Jobs, Research Position
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The Fish and Wildlife Research Institute is seeking an invertebrate zoologist to curate and conduct collections-based research at the Specimen Information Services marine collection (SIS). Competitive applicants should demonstrate the ability to conduct research on regional marine fauna, stimulate growth through current and new field operations and curation of uncatalogued material, lead and foster collaborations in regional systematic and biodiversity research, spearhead…
Published: June 6, 2016 Jobs, Research Position
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Duke University As part of an NSF CAREER program , a postdoctoral associate is sought for a start date of January 1st 2017. Eighteen months of funding is currently available for this position. This person will work with large samples of 3D digitized specimens to address questions about evolutionary processes in primates and mammals. Anatomical…
Published: January 13, 2016 Jobs, Research Position
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The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) invites applications from graduate students and post-doctoral researchers for the 2016 John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program to support collections based research in any field of paleontology. The program awards grants of up to $ 500 to visit PRI’s collections. This grant honors John W. Wells (1907 – 1994),…
Published: November 9, 2015 Jobs, Research Position
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Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar Job description: The successful candidate will coordinate and conduct research on Qatar’s paleoenvironment and associated fossil plant and animal assemblages, and on QM’s dinosaur collection for scientific input into exhibition planning. He/she will take curatorial responsibility for QM’s global collections of fossils and their conservation, build and maintain a national paleontological…
