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The Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, seeks to fill the position of
a researcher in the Department of Arthropods (succession of Dr. M. Schmitt).
We anticipate that funds will be available by December 2009. We look for a PhD scientist who has his/her focus on systematics of insects and has a substantial publication record in taxonomic, phylogenetic and other biosystematic research. We expect him/her to work in these fields from a sound theoretical basis and to be able to apply an array of appropriate modern methods. He/she should be able to combine collection-based work with modern phylogenetic and/or ecological approaches. We also expect him/her to integrate into ongoing research projects and teaching programmes of the University of Bonn and to be successful in acquiring external funding.
The successful candidate will be active in research projects and as curator will have the responsibility for the substantial collections of Coleoptera housed in the ZFMK. He/she will also be involved in the self-administration of the institute and eventually will head the arthropod department.
Initially, the successful candidate can be employed for a period of five years. Pending on his/her performance during this time, the candidate may obtain subsequent tenure. According to German law, applications by women and by disabled scientists will be given priority in case of superior or equal qualification. Depending on occupational qualification and experience salary corresponds to grade TV-L/13 - 15 in the German Public Service scheme.
ZFMK is a fellow institute of the "Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz" (WGL: = Science Community G.W. Leibniz) and works in close cooperation with the University of Bonn. It holds internationally important scientific collections, libraries, a scanning electron microscope, and bioacoustic, histological and molecular laboratories.
Interested applicants should send a CV, a complete publication record, a comment on teaching experience and research funding, certificates for university degrees and selected publications in hard copy to the following address:
Prof. Dr. J.W. Wägele, Director, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany, by September 15. E-mail inquiries: <
w.waegele.zfmk@uni-bonn.de>.
