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Graduate Asstntships Galore
Lawrence, Kansas - CNAH ANNOUNCEMENT
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
29 January 2010
GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS GALORE
Graduate assistantship opportunities in the Department of Biological Sciences at Fort Hays State University have dramatically increased for Fall 2010. There are currently five graduate teaching assistantships, one graduate curatorial assistantship (at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History), and three graduate wetlands assistantships at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center, for a total of at least nine graduate assistantships available. Fort Hays State University faculty have on-going research on The Nature Conservancy's Smoky Valley Ranch in western Kansas, at the Cheyenne Bottoms State Wildlife Area, the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, in the Platte River Valley, and in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota. In addition, we have excellent programs in herpetology (Dr. William Stark, Curtis J. Schmidt, Travis W. Taggart & Joseph T. Collins are all curators in the Sternberg Museum), biogeography, botany, conservation biology, entomology, extinction and range contraction, fisheries management, grassland soils, ichthyology, mammalogy, ornithology, plant ecology, plant ecophysiology, plant physiology, range management, and wildlife biology. Fort Hays State University has developed a program in microbiology, has a DNA sequencing laboratory, recently added expertise in stable isotope ecology, and has a SEM laboratory with digital imaging capabilities. In addition, the department recently began a Professional Science Masters for students interested in combining business and natural resource management. Graduate students in our program have successfully gone forward to excellent doctoral programs and/or employment within their subdisciplines. Please access our web page at
http://www.fhsu.edu/biology/
Prospective students should contact Dr. Finck (below) or an appropriate faculty member with questions about opportunities.
Elmer J. Finck
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Biological Sciences
Fort Hays State University
600 Park Street
Hays, Kansas 67601-4099
efinck@fhsu.edu
(785) 628-4214
(785) 628-4153
(785) 650-1057 cell
http://sternberg.fhsu.edu/
KU Herp Collection Manager
Lawrence, Kansas - CNAH ANNOUNCEMENT
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
18 March 2010
HERPETOLOGY COLLECTION MANAGER
KU NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Application review begins 26 April 2010.
The University of Kansas Natural History Museum/Biodiversity Institute seeks a collection manager to oversee its world-class research collections in herpetology. The collections consist of fluid-preserved specimens, frozen tissues, wet and dry skeletons, histological preparations, acoustical recordings, digital and film-image archives, and extensive library holdings. The collections have an historical strength in neotropical amphibians, reptiles, turtles, and crocodilians, and a developing a focus in southeastern Asian herpetology. University curators and students, and national and international scholars use the collections extensively for research and education. The collections manager is responsible for day-to-day activities in the collection and reports to the curator-in-charge. This is a full-time (12-month appointment), academic, non-tenure track position.
The successful candidate for the position must be eligible to work in the U.S. prior to the start date of the appointment.
Duties include:
Collections management and conservation of the various collections
Acquisition and collection development in conjunction with curators and students
Museum operational service including day-to-day care and use of the collections
Supervision of graduate and undergraduate research assistants and students
Professional development to maintain currency in and advance the field
Other duties as appropriate
Required qualifications include:
ASSISTANT SPECIALIST:
1. Master's degree or Ph.D. in museum studies, systematics, or herpetology from an accredited university; OR a bachelor's degree plus 5 years experience working with museum collections in a position with similar responsibilities. Recent graduates with a bachelor's degree in museum studies, who can demonstrate thorough training in herpetological collection management, may waive the required 5 years of experience. Thorough training can be demonstrated by the equivalent of a curatorial assistantships (GRAs) held in another collection-based university institution or similar advanced training at a free-standing museum.
2. Working knowledge of the taxonomy and identification of amphibians, reptiles, turtles, and crocodilians as demonstrated through coursework and as addressed in the statement of collection management philosophy.
3. Demonstrable knowledge (academic training or professional experience) of care and management of natural history collections, with a special emphasis on preventative conservation, collection-storage environments, and techniques pertaining uniquely to fluid-preserved collections.
4. Demonstrable familiarity (as demonstrated in letter of app) with collections-based relational databases (e.g. Specify) and web-based applications.
ASSOCIATE SPECIALIST:
In addition to the requirements listed above, to be considered for appointment at this level, candidates must also show six or more years of experience at the assistant rank (or equivalent) in a herpetological research collection. This experience must meet University guidelines for appointment at this rank.
And preference will be given to applicants with:
1. Previous collection-management experience in a natural history collection, with a special emphasis on herpetological collections.
2. Expertise in one or more taxa that constitute divisional strengths and programmatic priorities.
3. International field experience with knowledge of numerous techniques for the collection of herpetological specimens.
4. Experience handling cryogenically stored tissue samples.
5. Familiarity with the larger field of biodiversity informatics and experience with distributed networks.
A complete application will include a letter of application addressing all required and preferred qualifications, CV, names, contact information and statement of relationship for three professional references; and a statement of curatorial and collection management philosophy. Copies of representative publications are optional.
A complete position description may be obtained by contacting:
Jordan Yochim
Associate Director
KU Natural History Museum/Biodiversity Institute
jeyochim@ku.edu
or
Dr. Rafe Brown
Curator-in-charge
Division of Herpetology
KU Natural History Museum/Biodiversity Institute
rafe@ku.edu
The workplace is located in Dyche Hall on the university campus. The Natural History Museum/Biodiversity Institute is a healthy, dynamic, nourishing intellectual environment that values creativity, professional growth and collaborative interaction. The University of Kansas offers a fine benefits package for this permanent full-time position.
EO/AA. We celebrate diversity in all life forms.
North America - A list of herpetological positions maintained by PARC.
http://www.parcplace.org/jobs.html
Tuscaloosa, Alabama - CNAH ANNOUNCEMENT
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
3 March 2010
GRADUATE STUDIES IN REPTILE PHYSIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Positions are available in my laboratory for graduate studies (MS or PhD) in comparative and integrative animal physiology and physiological ecology to begin August 2010 or January 2011. Research in my laboratory includes studies on the adaptive interplay between feeding habits and digestive physiology, determinants of metabolic rates, and regulatory mechanisms of digestive and cardiovascular performance. The vast majority of this research is conducted on amphibians, turtles, and reptiles, with the Burmese Python as a focal research model. Graduate students are supported primarily by graduate teaching assistantships with summer stipends provided.
The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama (http://bsc.ua.edu) has 35 faculty with strengths in ecology, systematics, evolution, genetics, developmental biology, and physiology. The university is located in Tuscaloosa, an area rich in plant and animal diversity.
Interested students should contact Dr. Stephen Secor to learn more about this opportunity.
Stephen Secor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alabama
205-348-1809
ssecor@biology.as.ua.edu
http://bsc.us.edu/secor.htm
Hammond, Louisiana - CNAH ANNOUNCEMENT
The Center for North American Herpetology
The Plantation
St. George Island, Florida
http://www.cnah.org
22 January 2010
SLU SQUAMATE ASSISTANTSHIP
Masters Graduate Research Assistantship is available at Southeastern Louisiana University to work on NSF funded projects on the morphology and evolution of reproductive organs in squamates, supervised by David M. Sever. Experience in systematic analysis, histology, and ultrastructural techniques are desirable. Two years support of $15,000 per year plus tuition waiver. Please email
dsever@selu.edu
with a statement of interest and background.
See the website below for more information on the research, and check
http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/depts/biol/grad_degree/index.html
for information on applying to the graduate program.
David M. Sever
Professor and Department Head
Department of Biological Sciences
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, Louisiana 70402
FAX: 985-549-3851
Phone: 985-549-3740
http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/dsever/
http://www2.selu.edu/orgs/anatphylsex/
North America - A list of positions maintained by Texas A&M University, some of which are oriented to herpetofauna.
http://wfsc.tamu.edu/jobboard/
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