OPPORTUNITY

Curator of Plants and Sustainability, Royal Ontario Museum

ROM seeks an innovative and collaborative Curator to build, research, interpret, and share the Museum’s plants collection.

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Plant mounter, University of Michigan Herbarium

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) is seeking a Plant Mounter at the University of Michigan Herbarium (https://lsa.umich.edu/herbarium), located at the new Research Museums Center (RMC) in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Ph.D. position in Alpine Plant Community Ecology, NC State

The Sheth plant evolutionary, population, and community ecology lab (www.seemasheth.weebly.com/) in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) invites applications for a Ph.D. student beginning in Fall 2026.

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Botany Instructor, Weber State University

The Department of Botany and Plant Ecology at Weber State University in Ogden, UT, a dual-mission regional state institution, invites applications for a 9-month, full-time, instructor position beginning July 1, 2026.

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Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany, Ph.D. student or recent graduate

The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham fellowship provides Ph.D. students or recent graduates with $4500 to support direct costs of a one-year research project relating to medicinal plants. Any field of research (e.g., ethnobotany, systematics, ecology, phytochemistry) is eligible so long as the project involves a plant or plants with traditional medicinal uses. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents studying at a U.S.-based institution.

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Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center/Full Professor, UT Austin

The Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin seeks to fill a faculty position at the Full Professor rank to serve as the Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center (PRC).

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Assistant/Associate Professor of Biology, University of Montana Western

The Biology Department at the University of Montana Western seeks a passionate plant biologist dedicated to innovative undergraduate education to join our dynamic group of researchers and educators. The position is a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the assistant or associate professor level. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a teaching approach that will take advantage of Montana Western’s unique immersion scheduling model (Experience One). This block-scheduling model, where students take and faculty teach a single 3.5-week course at a time, is the mission of the campus and an unparalleled opportunity for a talented and creative educator to merge research with undergraduate learning.

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Conservation Genetics Laboratory Manager, Atlanta Botanical Garden

Conservation Genetics Laboratory Manager at the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Southeastern Center for Conservation

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Research Scientist, Genetics, at the Atlanta Botanical Garden

Research Scientist in Conservation Genetics at the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Southeastern Center for Conservation

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Assistant Professor in Botany, Austin Peay State University in Tennessee

The Department of Biology invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor in Botany specializing in specimen–based research, with an emphasis on vascular plants, to begin on August 1, 2026.

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