POST-DOCTORAL POSITION
ANGIOSPERM PHYLOGENY / PALEOBOTANY / INFORMATICS
WITH DOUG AND PAM SOLTIS AND DAVID DILCHER,
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
AND PAT HERENDEEN, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

We are searching for a post-doctoral researcher with informatics skills to participate in an NSF-funded Research Coordination Network, "Deep Time." The goals of this RCN are to develop methods for integrating fossils into phylogenetic trees of extant taxa, with an emphasis on angiosperms. Duties of the post-doctoral associate will include development and maintenance of a web site for the project, development and maintenance of a "Virtual Fossil Collection," participation in RCN research and activities, and assisting with training activities of the RCN. Additional research on a topic of mutual interest to the post-doc and PIs is expected. A background in angiosperm phylogenetics and/or paleobotany is desired. The position is available 1 March 2003; funding is available for up to three years. The position will be housed in the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. Interested individuals should send a letter of application, CV, and names and e-mail addresses of three references. Apply via e-mail to Doug Soltis (dsoltis@botany.ufl.edu) and Pam Soltis (psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu). Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Doug Soltis
Professor
Department of Botany and the Genetics Institute
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611

Pam Soltis
Curator and Professor
Florida Museum of Natural History and the Genetics Institute
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611

David Dilcher
Curator and Professor
Florida Museum of Natural History and Departments of Botany, Geology, and Zoology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611

Pat Herendeen
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
George Washington University
Washington, DC

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