[Taxacom] Position opening at Arizona State University: Vertebrate Collections Manager

[Nico Franz]

Hi Taxacom - FYI. This is a state-funded position. Prior direct inquiries
via email are strongly encouraged. Excerpts from full positing:

Research Specialist: Vertebrate Collections Manager and Co-Manager of
Digital Data Collections

The School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University (
https://sols.asu.edu/) is seeking a full-time Research Specialist who will
act as Vertebrate Collections Manager and Co-Manager of Digital Data
Collections. The relative weight of each task can vary, within boundaries,
and depending on the candidate's particular research and curation interests
and qualifications. The position is part of a dynamic, collaborative
Biocollections and biodiversity informatics group of faculty, staff,
students, volunteers, and other researchers that recently relocated into a
unified, 24,000 sq. ft. facility. This new and highly accessible
infrastructure is located ca. 2 miles from the main ASU Tempe Campus, and
forms part of ASU's BioKIC – Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (
https://biokic.asu.edu/). As of 2018, our facility and personnel also
constitute the primary Biorepository for NEON, the National Ecological
Observatory Network (https://biorepo.neonscience.org).

The ASU Vertebrate Collections focus mainly on documenting vertebrate
diversity in the Southwest U.S. and Sonoran Desert Region; and comprise the
following four collections. (1) Ichthyology Collection; built most
prominently by Wendell Minckley, with 24,000 registered lots (70% online)
and more than 1,000 stained specimens. (2) Herpetology Collection; with
36,000 specimens (90% online). (3) Ornithology Collection; with 1,000
specimens (80% online). (4) Mammalogy Collection; with 9,000 specimens (95%
online). These research collections are complemented by teaching
collections located in the same facility. They are now also being
complemented by annual additions of 20,000 vertebrate specimens, samples,
and DNA extractions being received and accessioned by the continental-scale
NEON Biorepository. A related, 3,500 sq. ft. cryo collections
infrastructure addition will be completed in 2020. Although the NEON
Biorepository has independently supported personnel, curatorial and
managerial responsibilities are frequently coordinated across all
collections.

BioKIC is a leading promoter of the Symbiota software platform (
http://symbiota.org/) and of related biodiversity data representation and
analysis tools, and is involved in co-/managing and hosting an increasing
range of biodiversity data portals that also feature vertebrate occurrence
records. We therefore seek a candidate with a strong background and/or
willingness to become highly skilled in biodiversity informatics, database
and portal management, and digitization workflows. We also strongly
encourage the candidate to develop an active field- and collections-based
research program at a level commensurate with the position, and possibly
including systematic, biodiversity inventory, and ecological
forecasting-related themes. The successful candidate will work in close
collaboration with curators, collection managers, students, and researchers
affiliated with the Biocollections and the School of Life Sciences.
Contributing to our diverse biodiversity/data learning programs is strongly
encouraged. A wide range of applicant profiles will be considered.

For more information and to apply:

1. Go to https://cfo.asu.edu/applicant
2. Select "Non- / ASU employees" (as applicable)
3. Search for position "56752BR"

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Regards, Nico


Nico M. Franz, Ph.D.
Professor & Curator of Insects
Founding Director - BioKIC
Director of Biocollections

School of Life Sciences, PO Box 874108
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4108

Office: (480) 965-2036; Fax: (480) 965-6899
E-mail: nico.franz at asu.edu
iSearch: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/1804402
BioKIC: https://biokic.asu.edu/