[Taxacom] 1-Year Postdoctoral Position at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh

[Fetzner, Jim]

​Dear Taxacomers,


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Below is a new position announcement for a 1-Year Postdoctoral Fellow in the Section of Invertebrate Zoology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.  Review of applications will begin starting on June 25th. Please pass this announcement along to anyone you think may be interested in applying.


POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh


A one-year NSF-funded postdoctoral fellowship is available immediately and provides taxonomic, systematic, and curatorial training in entomology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. We are seeking a highly motivated, well organized, and creative individual to conduct original systematic research on a targeted insect lineage, so as to enable imaging and data capture as specified by our NSF-funded project. The individual will work directly with one or more curators in the Section of Invertebrate Zoology<http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/default.aspx?id=16656>, who will serve as supervisors and mentors throughout the term of the fellowship.

  *   Fellowship Term.— The fellowship period is for one (1) year, starting on July 1, 2015 thru June 30, 2016.
  *   Eligibility.— Candidate must possess a doctoral degree (or international equivalent) in entomology or a related field and must be able to conduct original research that will lead to the advancement of scientific knowledge at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Research interests should focus on collection-based, field-oriented studies in systematics that will have broad applications and impacts in theory, conservation, evolution, and/or biogeography. The candidate must have a publication record in international journals demonstrating her/his adequacy for the position offered.
  *   Knowledge, Skills, Abilities.— The candidate must have prior graduate training in entomology with an emphasis on lineages that are well-represented but under-worked in the CMNH collection, including Siphonaptera, Mecoptera, Odonata, Hymenoptera, Heteroptera, and others (less emphasis on Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Homoptera). The capacity to talk with and engage public audiences about her/his research while participating in public events at the museum is highly encouraged, as is participation as a lecturer in museum-sponsored scientific seminars. The appropriate skills, experience, and education of the Fellow will be determined by the curators, with emphasis placed on a postdoctoral program to train early career Ph.D. scientists, helping them to acquire scientific training under the tutelage of Carnegie curators to further their academic and/or research careers.
  *   Funding.— The fellow will receive an annual salary of $38,000, plus fringe benefits. Funding is provided by the InvertNet Project (https://invertnet.org/), which is a project funded through the NSF Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) program and nationally coordinated by the iDigBio Team (www.idigbio.org<http://www.idigbio.org/>).

A review of applications will begin on June 25th but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The start date planned for this position is July 1, 2015. Applications should be completed online at http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/interior.php?pageID=12 (search for “Postdoctoral” and select Requisition ID #1020). Then create a profile and follow the on-screen instructions. The following items should be submitted as part of the application: 1) a CV, 2) a short statement of research interests, and 3) names and contact information for three references familiar with the candidate and his/her research. Questions about the position should be directed to either James Fetzner (FetznerJ at CarnegieMNH.Org<mailto:FetznerJ at CarnegieMNH.Org>), John Rawlins (RawlinsJ at CarnegieMNH.Org<mailto:RawlinsJ at CarnegieMNH.Org>) or Bob Davidson (DavidsonR at CarnegieMNH.Org).


Sincerely,

Jim Fetzner


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James W. Fetzner Jr., Ph.D.

Assistant Curator of Crustacea

Section of Invertebrate Zoology
Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080



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