ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christopher Tyrrell
ASPT supports the DUKE Herbarium

As a society, we are standing with The Duke Herbarium and request that Duke University reconsider the decision to divest their herbarium. We ask that you also consider adding your support by signing this petition (https://www.change.org/p/urge-duke-university-to-reconsider-closing-their-herbarium) organized by AIBS, iDigBio, NSCA, and SPNHC with the support of ASPT, ABLS, BSA, and SHC.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christopher Tyrrell
ASPT Statement on Ukraine

OPPORTUNITY

Manager of Scientific Collections-University of Connecticut/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology seeks a Manager of Scientific Collections (UCP VII) to curate the CONN herbarium, which houses collections that support the teaching and research activities of a large academic department and other scientific users.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2017/5/18/manager-of-scientific-collections-university-of-connecticutecology-and-evolutionary-biology

Ph.D. Assistantship in Comparative Phylogenomics-Boise State University

GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP (Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior) - at Boise State University. A position is available for a motivated Ph.D. student to study the origin of genomic adaptations enabling plants to perform photosynthesis during periods of past aridification.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2017/5/18/phd-assistantship-in-comparative-phylogenomics-boise-state-university

Director of Greenhouses and Botanical Garden (UW-Madison)

The  Department of Botany at the University of Wisconsin - Madison is seeking to hire a Director of Greenhouses and Botanical Garden. The main objective of the Greenhouses and Botanical Garden at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Botany is to support the instructional and research activities of the Department's faculty, academic staff, employees-in-training, and graduate and undergraduate students.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2017/5/16/director-of-greenhouses-and-botanical-garden-uw-madison

Missouri Botanical Garden/Krukoff Scientist

The Krukoff Scientist will be responsible for conducting botanical research in the Africa and Madagascar Department, Science and Conservation Division. This will include systematic research on various flowering plant groups, focusing on tropical Africa and/or Madagascar, and will involve a diversity of approaches, including field and herbarium studies as well as one or more analytical methods (e.g., phylogenetics, biogeography, conservation analysis, etc.). 

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2017/3/25/krukoff-scientist

Mt. Cuba Center Graduate Fellowship in Eastern American Botany

Austin Peay State University’s Center of Excellence for Field Biology is pleased to offer two Graduate Research Assistantships to support two masters-level graduate students for two years to work in tandem on a taxonomic study of Clematis subgenus Viorna of eastern North America. These assistantships are made possible by funding from Delaware’s Mt. Cuba Center.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2017/2/11/mt-cuba-center-graduate-fellowship-2017

Botanist for The Great Basin Institute

The Great Basin Institute is working cooperatively with the National Park Service Mojave Desert Network (MOJN) Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) program to recruit a Botanist. The overall objective is to perform Integrated Upland monitoring in Great Basin National Park, NV. Vegetation, soils, and target invasive species will be monitored for status and trends. 

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2017/2/11/botanist-for-the-great-basin-institute