Dear colleagues, The Australian Tropical Herbarium (ATH) in tropical north Queensland, Australia seeks to fill two research positions. The ATH is located on the Cairns campus of James Cook University (www.jcu.edu.au<http://www.jcu.edu.au>).
The Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow is an ongoing appointment (Academic level B/C AU$89,859 - $125,429); the Postdoctoral Fellow is a three year appointment (Academic Level A AU$64,020 - $85,546). The two positions will be appointed together. We seek outstanding scientists with complementary capabilities to build an internationally significant research team in plant and environmental biosecurity, with scope to also contribute to research in the fields of ethnobotany and biology of crop wild relatives. Particularly relevant skill sets include genetics, systematics, ecology, bioinformatics and niche modelling. These vacancies are now open and interested persons can access further details and apply online via Jobs@JCU<http://www.jcu.edu.au/jobs/> (under 'Current Vacancies' search for position numbers 16248 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow and 16249 - Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow). Applications will close on 1 March 2018. Cairns is a small vibrant city nestled between two World Heritage sites-the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. There are multiple nearby opportunities for field research, including the Daintree Rainforest Observatory field station. For more information on the Australian Tropical Herbarium, see our most recent annual report at https://issuu.com/thepagestudio/docs/ath_tpkss_2016_final, or visit www.ath.org.au<http://www.ath.org.au/> and www.facebook/tropicalherbarium<http://www.facebook/tropicalherbarium>. Please direct inquiries to enqu...@ath.org.au<mailto:enqu...@ath.org.au> (not to me, thanks!) Dr Lori Lach, Senior Lecturer College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, Qld 4870 Australia +61 (0)7 4232 1743 Google Scholar profile<https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=OKj2-QMAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1> JCU Research Portfolio<https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/lori.lach/> Seminar coordinator, Invasions Flagship leader, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Sciences TESS seminar schedule<https://research.jcu.edu.au/tess/seminars-1> Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change
