[Taxacom] Postdoc -- Biodiversity informatics

[Michael Sanderson]

Postdoctoral Research Position - Biodiversity Informatics, University 
of Arizona

A two-year postdoctoral research position is open in biodiversity 
informatics at the University of Arizona. The position is associated 
with a new initiative on campus aimed at leveraging the university's 
extensive natural history collections and their databases to develop 
new integrative tools and research programs involving (but not 
necessarily limited to) phylogenetics, genomics, ecology and 
evolution. The postdoc position will be in Dr. Mike Sanderson's 
research group. Responsibilities will include working with existing 
collections databases on campus, as well as other biodiversity 
informatics resources, to construct new software tools and address 
biological questions enabled by these developments. The candidate 
must have good skills programming at the scripting level or higher, 
experience with Linux/Unix computing environments, familiarity with 
open source databases such as MySQL, and a commitment to developing 
software tools and web accessible database resources. Salary range is 
$45-50,000 depending on experience. Applicants should apply for the 
position electronically on the University's Human Resources website 
(https://www.uacareertrack.com; look for posting #37706). Please 
include CV, statement of research and programming interests and 
experience, and arrange to have two letters of recommendation sent 
directly to Mike Sanderson at the Department of Ecology and 
Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721 
(sanderm at email.arizona.edu). Application review will begin 
immediately.

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Michael J. Sanderson


New Address:
	Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
	University of Arizona
	Tucson, AZ 85721

New Email:
	sanderm at email.arizona.edu

Phone:520-626-6848

lab web site: http://loco.biosci.arizona.edu
Phylota project: http://loco.biosci.arizona.edu/phylota
r8s software: http://loco.biosci.arizona.edu/r8s

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