Announcing a position in Plant Systematics

[George Weiblen]

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

PLANT SYSTEMATIST
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TWIN CITIES


The Department of Plant Biology and the Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of
Minnesota announce a 9-month tenure-track position for an assistant or associate professor and
herbarium curator in the area of non-flowering plant systematics and/or mycology. Candidates
are required to have experience in collections-based research involving non-flowering plants and/
or fungi including lichens. The successful applicant is expected to develop an externally funded
research program; contribute to teaching and advising in organismal biology and systematics;
curate sections of the herbarium including lichens; and contribute to public outreach through the
Bell Museum.  Tenure will reside in the Department of Plant Biology. The successful applicant is
also expected to foster collaboration with biologists in other fields including phylogenetics,
molecular evolution, genomics, development, ecology, and/or conservation biology. A Ph.D.
degree and herbarium experience is required; post-doctoral experience is preferred.  Please send
a curriculum vitae; up to five selected reprints; a statement of research, teaching, and curatorial
interests and experience; and three letters of reference to Dr. George Weiblen, Search Committee
Chair, Department of Plant Biology, 250 Biological Sciences Center, 1445 Gortner Avenue,
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108, USA. The committee will meet to begin
consideration of complete applications on 1 December 2005. For further information visit the
Department of Plant Biology (http://www.cbs.umn.edu/plantbio/), the Bell Museum of Natural
History (http://bellmuseum.org), or contact the search chair by email (gweiblen at umn.edu).  The
University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.