Postdoctoral Position Available

The NSF PIRE project administered at Brigham Young University is seeking a postdoctoral scientist to join our research and education team.  The successful candidate will be involved in the development and application of methods in comparative phylogeography, targeted specifically at understanding patterns of evolutionary diversification across multiple co-distributed taxa in southern Argentina and Chile.  The postdoctoral position will be housed at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.  However, opportunities exist for interaction with our PIRE team scientists in the U.S., Canada, Argentina, and Chile, as well as summer exchange visitors and another post-doctoral researcher dedicated to this project.

Applicants should be familiar with molecular laboratory techniques required to generate DNA sequence data, and should be comfortable with a broad range of phylogeographic analyses.  Although there are no requirements for experience with particular taxonomic groups, our team is currently focused on freshwater fishes, freshwater crabs, lizards, frogs, and terrestrial flowering plants.  Opportunities also exist to participate in mentoring graduate students and undergraduate students involved in our educational exchange program.  The position is open to U.S. and international applicants.

We will begin reviewing applications on May 10, 2009 and the search will remain open until the position is filled.  We are targeting a start date of September 1, 2009 or sooner, although there is some flexibility.  Salary is $36,000 per year plus health insurance benefits.  The position will be for up to two years, with the second year of funding conditional upon performance.  Interested candidates should direct their inquiries to: Jerald B. Johnson, Director, Patagonia PIRE Project, Department of Biology, Brigham Young University (jerry.johnson@byu.edu)

A list of project co-PIs and senior personnel, and a description of their research interests, can be found in the Investigators section of this site.  Applications should include a cover letter, a c.v., and a list of three references.  Individuals that make our first cut will be invited to solicit and send recommendation letters.  Formal applications should be submitted to: 401 WIDB, Department of Biology, BYU, Provo, UT 84602 by conventional mail; or electronically to PIREpostdocs@byu.edu. A condition of employment at Brigham Young University is a willingness to abide by the BYU Honor Code of conduct (http://honorcode.byu.edu).