Position available

[Dr Stephen L. Jury]

         Euro+Med PlantBase

Plant Taxonomist and Project Leader required in Reading

We seek an accomplished plant taxonomist, skilled in floristics, to work as
part of a
team on the floras of Europe and the Mediterranean. The post will be in the
Euro+Med PlantBase Secretariat (part of the Centre for Plant Diversity and
Systematics) at the School of Plant Sciences in The University of Reading. The
post is for up to two and a half years, under an E.U. contract, on the
post-doctoral
research assistant scale.

This challenging position has become vacant on the preferment of the
current holder Dr Mark Carine to a post at the Natural History Museum in
London. It involves leading the taxonomic effort in the Euro+Med PlantBase
Secretariat, with others in the team assisting with database management and
taxonomic editing. The post involves work on floristic treatments and
checklists for inclusion in an on-line database which will build on from
Flora Europaea and MedChecklist. The holder of the post will have
experience as a plant taxonomist, knowledge of the European flora, plus
project management and communication skills. The Co-ordinating Centre at
Reading leads ten other European Centres in this EU RTD Project, and
involves working with an extensive network of experts throughout the
Euro-Mediterranean region. The post will involve extensive travel within
the region. Computer literacy is required and appropriate language skills
will be an advantage.

Further details are available from Dr Stephen L. Jury


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Dr Stephen L. Jury
Euro+Med Secretariat
Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics
Plant Science Laboratories
The University of Reading
Whiteknights
PO Box 221
Reading
RG6 6AS
UK

email: s.l.jury at reading.ac.uk
tel. (0118) 931 8169, overseas +44 118 931 8169
Secretary (0118) 931 8160, overseas +44 118 931 8160
fax (0118) 975 3676, overseas +44 118 975 3676

http://www.euromed.org.uk/
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