Perhaps some readers of PaleoNet may know of possible
candidates for this position from among their evolutionary biology
students or colleagues.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Department of Integrative Biology
Faculty Position in Evolutionary Biology and the Health
Sciences
Position ID #915
The Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California,
Berkeley, is seeking a scientist for a tenure-track position (Assistant
Professor) in evolutionary biology and its interface with biomedicine and
the health sciences. We seek a colleague to join a department with a
strong multidisciplinary emphasis, and to help the Berkeley campus
develop its Health Sciences Initiative. Applicants with a Ph.D. and
an exceptional research record in the emerging field of evolutionary
biology in medicine will be given serious consideration.
Representative areas of research include the evolution of antibiotic
resistance, comparative genomics and animal models of human disease,
parasite and pathogen dynamics in ecological and evolutionary contexts,
and population-level genetic aspects of disease. Candidates will be
required to contribute to our undergraduate and graduate teaching program
in one of our organismal-level undergraduate courses as well as in their
specific area(s) of expertise and develop a new course in evolutionary
biology and the health sciences.
Interested applicants should send their CV, including a bibliography of
published work, a brief description of research accomplishments and
objectives, a statement of teaching interests, selected reprints, and
arrange to have three letters of reference sent to:
Chair, Evolutionary Medicine Search Committee
Department of Integrative Biology
3060 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3140 USA
Applications must be postmarked by November 8, 2004.
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Jere Lipps