systematics

Assistant Curator, Botany Department

The California Academy of Sciences is seeking candidates for the position of Assistant Curator of Botany. We are looking for individuals who specialize in vascular plants of the western hemisphere (especially those relating to Mexico, Central and/or South America) and/or eastern hemisphere (especially Asia), examining a wide range of topics including their evolution, diversity, and classification.

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Orchid Research Botanist

This is an exciting and dynamic time to be a member of Selby Gardens’ team, with a new 55,000 sq. ft. solar array and the Plant Research Center which houses the library (7500 volumes dating to the mid-1700s), herbarium (120,000 specimens), the second-largest botanical spirit collection in the world (35,000 specimens), and the molecular and flasking laboratories. A new glasshouse complex is forthcoming.

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Associate Research Scientist in the field of systematics and evolution of tropical dry forest flora

Associate Research Scientist (Investigador/a Asociado/a de Tiempo Completo) in the field of systematics and evolution of tropical dry forest flora, to work at the Chamela Biological Station and its campus in Colima.

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The Rupert Barneby Award of the New York Botanical Garden

The Rupert Barneby Award: a small grant to visit the New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae.

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Hesler Visiting Researcher Fellowships

Visiting Researcher Fellowships provide opportunities for scientists to use the collections at the University of Tennessee Herbarium (TENN) in Knoxville, Tennessee to enhance and facilitate a biodiversity-focused research project. TENN houses over 649,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens. Our vascular plant collection is unique in having the largest collection of specimens from the state of Tennessee and the historical collections documenting the flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a World Biosphere Reserve. Our bryophyte collection houses 183,000 specimens from throughout the world, with a strong emphasis on species found in Tennessee (Appalachian Region), North America (particularly the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and the southeastern US), Mexico, and Asia. Our fungal collection houses nearly 73,000 specimens with searchable online records, including international and domestic collections with an emphasis on the southern Appalachians.

Graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, and independent researchers from any country are eligible to apply. Funds are for travel, housing, and other visit-related expenses while conducting research at the TENN Herbarium. A maximum of two awards will be given out annually. Please see the application for further information about requirements, how to apply, and deadlines.

● Application deadline: 4 February 2024

● Letter/s of support deadline: 4 February 2024

● Applicant awards announced: 4 March 2024

● Awardee accept/decline deadline: 18 March 2024

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Editor-in-Chief, Rhodora

Editor-in-Chief of Rhodora, peer-reviewed botanical journal since 1899. Part-time, remote

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Assistant Professor Plant Systematics & Director of the MU Herbarium

Plant biologist who uses phylogenetic and phylogenomic approaches to answer questions about evolutionary patterns and processes, such as systematics, speciation mechanisms, biogeography, evolutionary transitions, or the evolution of key morphological and/or developmental innovations, with desire to direct the Miami University Herbarium.

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