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.
The Rupert Barneby Award, named in honor of the late NYBG scientist and renowned legume expert, consists of US$2000 granted annually to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae. Graduate students and early career professionals with research in systematics and/or legume diversity …
The Bell Museum is seeking a Collection Manager for the University of Minnesota Herbarium (https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/), located in the Biological Sciences Center on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
UNC Wilmington is in the process of hiring a full-time, permanent greenhouse manager. The manager's responsibilities include maintaining the plants within the Kresge Greenhouse on the main campus, maintaining and repairing greenhouse equipment, purchasing materials required for courses, and the greenhouse budget. Besides supporting the faculty and graduate students in their research and courses, the greenhouse manager also interacts with undergraduate student volunteers from various departments…
We have an immediate opening in our Los Gatos office for an experienced project management-level plant ecologist/plant biologist. The duties expected of this position include managing all aspects of the biological components of CEQA/NEPA assessments, rare plant surveys, wetland delineations and habitat mapping projects, Clean Water Act Section 404/401 and similar resource agency permitting projects, and resource management plans; managing staff, budgets, clients, and agency contacts; business development; marketing; proposal preparation; staff training and supervision; and recruiting.
The National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) has an opening for a full-time Director of Science and Conservation to start January 15, 2019. This position is based at the NTBG headquarters in the South Shore Gardens, Kalaheo, Kauai, Hawaii.
The Flora of Pennsylvania Internship is a joint program between the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. The Flora of Pennsylvania Intern receives training and work experience in many aspects of managing collections in a major herbarium, and an opportunity to contribute to a modern state flora through a research project on some aspect of the flora of Pennsylvania.
We have an immediate opening in our Sacramento office for a full-time field biologist with a strong background in one or more of the following disciplines: botany, plant ecology, wetland ecology, natural resources management, restoration ecology, wildlife biology, or similar technical background.
The position of Outreach Coordinator is available in the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity (CCBER) at the University of California, Santa Barbara as a full or part-time position. CCBER fulfills the University's mission of education, research, and outreach through its stewardship and restoration of campus lands and preservation and management of natural history collections.
The Department of Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University invites applications for a full time VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR position beginning August 16, 2018.
The Krukoff Scientist will be responsible for conducting botanical research in the Africa and Madagascar Department, Science and Conservation Division.