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Employment
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/CURATOR
- GENETIC/GENOMIC ICHTHYOLOGIST
Sam Noble Museum

Department of Biology & Sam Noble Museum, University of
Oklahoma
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: We seek a creative, collaborative thinker with a collection-based research program
involving molecular approaches to studying fish systems.
We are especially interested in candidates who use genomic
tools and data sets in combination with innovative computational, ecological, behavioral and/or comparative approaches
to address important biological questions ranging from the
origin and maintenance of organismal diversity, adaptation to
changing environments, evolution, conservation, and human
health and disease. Areas of research interests include, but are
not limited to: comparative genomics, landscape/population
genetics, geographical ecology, global change biology, evolutionary genetics, and mechanisms of evolution.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate will be
expected to: (1) develop and maintain an innovative, extramurally-funded research program in fish systems; (2) oversee
care and obtain support for a collection of about 1 million
specimens by maintaining records, identifying and cataloging
specimens, supervising preparators and assistants, expanding
and preserving the collections, and developing long-range
plans for collection maintenance and development; (3) contribute to museum public exhibit development and support;
(4) develop and contribute to museum-related outreach activities; and (5) contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching, including instruction of one course per year (one-half
the regular department teaching load) in ichthyology, animal
behavior, biogeography, genetics, evolution, comparative
anatomy, ecological modeling, or bioinformatics. A full-time
Collection Manager is funded in this collection.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The Sam Noble Museum is
an organized research unit of the University of Oklahoma
and is one of the finest university museums in the world. The
museum has an outstanding curatorial, collections, education,
exhibits, and support staff that serves the museum's mission
from research to preservation to education at all levels. The
Department of Biology is a leading academic department
with a tradition of excellence in organismal biology. It is
home to 20 of the 44 faculty in the University's graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and it is currently
in the process of hiring several new faculty in the next two to
three years to expand on its strengths in biology of behavior.

QUALIFICATIONS
Preference will be given to biologists with a documented
record of collections-based research in natural history, including field experience and a broad taxonomic understanding
of fishes, who also clearly demonstrate cross-disciplinary
research programs.
A Ph.D., teaching experience, and field and museum research
experience in ichthyology are required.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, summary of experience and goals (including teaching, research, and curation),
representative pdf reprint examples, and three confidential
letters of reference using at http://apply.interfolio.com/43857.
Visit us at http://snomnh.ou.edu and http://biology.ou.edu.
Formal application review will begin 11 October 2017 and
continue until the position is filled.
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