Assistant Professorship in Animal Evolution or Animal Systematics

[Elena Conti]

The Faculty of Science of the University of Z?rich invites applications for an

Assistant Professorship in Animal Evolution or Animal Systematics

(non-tenure track)

Applicants should demonstrate outstanding scientific achievements in animal
evolutionary biology or animal systematics and expect to develop an
internationally competitive research program. There are no restrictions on the
animal groups investigated.

The professorship is in the Zoological Museum of the University. The Museum,
which has a public display area and is fully integrated in the teaching of the
University, has extensive collections, experienced staff and stimulating, close
collaboration with colleagues in the Consortium for Evolution and Biodiversity.
Experience in museum displays or in furthering the public understanding of
science would be advantageous, as would proficiency in German. The
successful candidate will participate in teaching evolutionary biology. The
position is available for a maximum of six years.

Applications including a curriculum vitae, a publication list, short
summaries of
current and future research, of teaching activities and copies of
three recent key
publications should be sent by 15th August to Prof. K. Brassel, Dekan der
Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult?t der Universit?t Z?rich,
Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Z?rich, Switzerland. At the same time
please submit your CV and publication list as a single PDF or Word file to
jobsmnf at zuv.unizh.ch.

For further information please contact Prof. Paul Ward, pward at zoolmus.unizh.ch,
Zoologisches Museum, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Z?rich, Switzerland.

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Elena Conti,
Associate Professor
University of Zuerich
Institute for Systematic Botany,
Zollikerstrasse 107,
8008 Zuerich, SWITZERLAND
Ph: 0041 1 634 8424
Fax: 0041 1 634 84 03
email: ContiElena at access.unizh.ch
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