Dear Colleagues: The Morton Arboretum has an open search for a full-time Conservation Biologist with a strong interest in tree conservation. Applicants with a strong plant conservation biology background are encouraged to apply. Research topics may include conservation genetics, niche / distribution modeling, experimental approaches to restoration ecology, population viability analysis, community assembly, trait-based or phylogenetic ecology, leading edge evolutionary dynamics, dispersal biology, or other topics in conservation biology. The successful applicant will demonstrate a commitment to integrating basic research on why woody plants succeed or decline with application to plant conservation.
More information is available on the Arboretum's website: http://www.mortonarb.org/visit-explore/about-arboretum/working- arboretum/open-positions Please feel free to contact me (Andrew Hipp: [email protected]) with any questions about the position. Please also feel free to distribute the attached flier to any you believe might be interested. Applications should be submitted to [email protected] by February 28 for full consideration. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Andrew Hipp -- Andrew Hipp, PhD Senior Scientist in Plant Systematics and Herbarium Curator The Morton Arboretum 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle IL 60532-1293, USA +1 630 725 2094 http://systematics.mortonarb.org/lab http://quercus.mortonarb.org Lecturer, Committee on Evolutionary Biology University of Chicago http://evbio.uchicago.edu/
