ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TWO RESEARCH POSITIONS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Institute of Ecology, A.C. (INECOL) is a public research center affiliated to the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). INECOL is an institution funded by the Mexican government, which performs research and student training in the field of ecology, systematics, conservation and resource management (www.inecol.mx). INECOL has research facilities in the states of Veracruz (Xalapa) and Michoacán (Pátzcuaro), and field stations in coastal Veracruz and in a pine forest and a desert area in Durango. There are currently 116 fulltime scientists, 115 technicians, 100 administrators and 121 graduate students. Academic life is organized around 10 academic departments: Biodiversity and Systematics, Functional Ecology, Environment and Sustainability, Evolutionary Biology, Biorational Management of Pests and Vectors, Biotechnological Resource Management, Ecoethology, Biology and Conservation of Vertebrates, Multitrophic Interactions and Advanced Molecular Studies.

Inecol has a M.Sc. program and a Sc.D. program, both recognized by the National Program of Graduate Program Quality (PNPC-CONACYT), which grants fulltime fellowships to graduate students upon admittance to the programs.

INECOL invites applications for TWO RESEARCH POSITIONS IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until SEPTEMBER 15, 2015. Selected applicants should be ready to start by November 15, 2015.

Positions offered: Full time Research Scientists (“Investigador Titular A”)

Employment Status: Full-time tenure-track position, 12 months. Renewable yearly upon performance for three consecutive years. At the end of this period, the candidates are expected to apply for tenure.

Job Description: Selected candidates will be part of the Department of Evolutionary Biology, which gathers experts in phylogenetic systematics, population genetics, molecular ecology, ecological interactions, behavioral ecology, phylogeography, species distribution modeling, plant evolution, anatomy and physiology. Selected candidates will carry on research in any area of EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY from an ecological and/or systematic perspective, at any integration level. They should be able to collaborate with other research scientists, technicians and graduate students of the same or different backgrounds. A more complete description of the research carried out in the Department of Evolutionary Biology may be found in http://www.inecol.mx/inecol/index.php/es/ct-menu-item-25/investigacion/146-biologia-evolutiva .

Responsibilities

• To carry on research in any area of Evolutionary Biology
• To participate in graduate programs at Inecol or other academic institutions by advising M.Sc. and Sc.D. students and teaching graduate level courses.
• To seek for external funding by applying to grants from national and international funding agencies.
• To publish their research in peer reviewed JCR indexed journals, book chapters as well as publications aimed to the general public.
• To become member of the “Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI)”, a section of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) which endorses research quality and provides a monthly fellowship to its members.

Requirements

• A Biology background and a Ph.D. or Sc.D.
• Postdoctoral experience.
• Proficiency writing and speaking English and Spanish (or willingness to learn Spanish).
• Willingness to work as part of a team.
• Skills applying for grants.
• Willingness to work overtime and travel to study sites.
• Authorship or co-authorship in at least five peer-reviewed JCR indexed scientific publications, at least 3 of these as first or corresponding author.
• Experience teaching graduate level courses or advising graduate students.
• Research impact shown by primary citations to published research.

Documents to send (all in PDF format):

• A letter addressed to the General Director, Dr. Martín Ramón Aluja Schuneman Hofer, and the members of the Department of Evolutionary Biology, supporting why the candidate would be adequate for the positions offered as Evolutionary Biologist (name file “carta de intencion . pdf”).
• Curriculum vitae in full including among the usual information: (a) three academic references including email and pone number, (b) number of citations to each published paper, (c) if available, links to personal webpages such as ResearcherID, Researchgate, GoogleScholar Profiles (name file “curriculum vitae . pdf”).
• PDF files of all published or accepted papers in peer reviewed JCR indexed journals (name files .pdf)

Candidates must be ready to provide electronic files supporting all information included in their curriculum vitae if required during the selection process.

Send documents via the APPLY button with the subject line “Convocatoria Biología Evolutiva ”