Assistant Professor Job Opening: Mammal Evolution / Ecology at UC Berkeley IB/MVZ

[Sean Versoza]

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Faculty Position in Mammalian Evolutionary Biology or Ecological Biology

The Department of Integrative Biology and the Museum of Vertebrate
Zoology seek a colleague at the Assistant Professor and Assistant
Curator level in the area of Mammalian Evolutionary or Ecological
Biology. We seek an individual who will develop an outstanding field-
and collection based research program in evolution and/or ecology,
using any taxa of extant mammals as a study system.   The successful
candidate will share an appointment in the Museum of Vertebrate
Zoology and the Department of Integrative Biology. Previous museum
experience is not required but the successful candidate must
demonstrate an intellectual commitment to museum-based research, the
potential to use and add to MVZ collections, a clear vision of the
multiple roles of museum collections in the 21st century, and the
capacity to integrate intellectual activities of the MVZ and the
Department of Integrative Biology. We encourage applicants from all
areas of mammal biology.  Candidates should have a strong commitment
to both undergraduate and graduate teaching.

The position is available 1 July 2006. Applicants should submit a
curriculum vitae and a statement of research and teaching objectives,
including a vision for the future of natural history museums such as
the MVZ.

Applications, including at least three letters of recommendation,
should be sent directly to the search committee at: Search Committee,
Mammalian Evolutionary/Ecological Biology Search, Department of
Integrative Biology, 3060 VLSB, University of California, Berkeley,
CA 94720-3140.  The deadline for receipt of applications is 23
January 2006.

Applicants should refer their reviewers to the UC Berkeley Statement
of Confidentiality at http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html.

Further information about the department, the MVZ, and this faculty
position can be found at http://ib.berkeley.edu/ and
http://mvz.berkeley.edu.  The University of California, Berkeley, is
an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence through
diversity.

Further information
This tenure-track position combines a regular Faculty position (50%,
IB) with a Curatorial position in the MVZ (50%).  It will be an 11
month appointment, in recognition of the year-round duties of a
curator.  Faculty Curators are expected to demonstrate both a strong
conceptual focus in some area of Vertebrate Evolutionary Biology
and/or Ecology, and leadership towards development of and research on
the MVZ's renowned collections. Accordingly, those invited for
interview will be asked to give two seminars, one in the Integrative
Biology series and another to the MVZ.  This MVZ Curatorship requires
enthusiasm for collection-based research and excitement about the
opportunities offered by using mammals as a study sytstem to advance
evolutionary and/or ecological theory.  The potential to acquire
broad knowledge of the systematics and biology of extant mammals is
expected.  In general MVZ curators study organisms in relation to
their natural environment and bring new technologies and sources of
evidence to bear on problems in evolution and ecology; we encourage
new and innovative approaches to the the use of museum collections in
such endeavors.  Details of the MVZ's philosophy, history, existing
research foci and current initiatives are to be found on the website
(mvz.berkeley.edu).  Relevant research strengths in Integrative
Biology include evolutionary genetics, developmental biology,
functional morphology and biomechanics, ecology, paleontology and
paleoecology, systematics and phylogenetics, all with a strong
emphasis on evolution.
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