Postdoc and Collection Manager positions

[Jim Whitfield]

2 positions opening soon (please reply directly to person listed below
and not to the list!)

Postdoctoral Associate

        A 2-year postdoctoral research associate position will be available
starting June 1999 to work on co-phylogeny between polydnaviruses (PDVs)
and microgastrine braconid wasps, using DNA sequence data from both wasps
and associated viruses.  This work, funded by the National Science
Foundation, will be conducted in the laboratory of Drs. James B. Whitfield
and Sydney A. Cameron in the Department of Entomology, University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville.  The successful applicant should have experience in
DNA sequencing and sequence analysis, as well as either phylogenetic
analysis or polydnavirus biology.  Other work going on in the lab concerns
phylogenetic analysis of braconid wasps and of social bees.  Interested
persons should contact Dr. J. B. Whitfield at jwhitfie at comp.uark.edu or
telephone (501) 575-2482 to receive further instructions on applying for
the position.



Research Associate - Collection Manager, Arthropod Museum, University of
Arkansas

        A full-time permanent research associateship will be available
starting June 1999 in the Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas.
Responsibilities of the position include serving as collection manager for
the University of Arkansas Arthropod Museum, and contributing to
systematics research in the museum and in the Insect Molecular Systematics
laboratory adjacent to the museum.  Provision of a limited number of
arthropod identifications will also be expected to serve the Entomology
Department and other clientele within the state.  A graduate degree in
entomological systematics is expected, and experience with either computer
databasing and/or analysis of systematic data (or both) would be desirable.
Salary is expected to start in the $28,000-30,000 range plus benefits.  The
University and Museum are located in the Ozark Plateau, with excellent
local opportunities for fieldwork and outdoor recreation.
        Current ongoing research in the museum and systematics laboratory
focuses on phylogenetic systematics, ecology and behavior of braconid
parasitoid wasps and of the corbiculate bees (Apinae).  The current museum
website is:  http://www.uark.edu/depts/entomolo/museum/museum.html; those
interested in the position are encouraged to visit this site for more
details, and to contact Dr. James B. Whitfield at jwhitfie at comp.uark.edu or
(501)575-2482 for further details on how and when to apply.

James B. Whitfield
Associate Professor
Department of Entomology
321 Agriculture
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
phone (501)575-2482
FAX (501)575-2452
jwhitfie at comp.uark.edu