Paleonet: Position: Curator of fossil aquatic vertebrates at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart

[Rasser, Michael]

*Curator of fossil aquatic vertebrates at the State Museum of Natural
History Stuttgart  *

*Homepage: *www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de



We are seeking a highly motivated scientist with excellent team
workingskillsand a strong desire to conduct research at a high
international level
including interdisciplinary projects. The State Museum of Natural History
Stuttgart is an international renowned research institution. The
palaeontological collections contain over 4.1 million specimens with about
60.000 aquatic vertebrates (focus on 40.000 fossil fish specimens).



*Duties*

-                Pursuit of high quality, largely collection-based research
on fossil aquatic vertebrates including field work and regular publications
in internationally renowned journals,

-                development of cooperative and interdisciplinary
third-party funded research projects

-                management, preservation and extension of the collection
following professional museum standards, conservation principles, and
museum policies and procedures,

-                curation of the palaeoichthyological collection (among
other parts),

-                public outreach: communication of research results via
popular science journals, lectures and other media; scientific conceptual
design of exhibitions; responses to enquiries by the general public.



*Required qualifications*

·         Ph.D. in palaeontology/palaeobiology

·         excellent expertise in at least one group of fossil aquatic
vertebrates

·         sound expertise in the application of new methods, e.g., in
histology, isotope

      analysis, etc.

·         outstanding publication record

·         experience in museum-specific tasks (curation of the scientific
collections, exhibitions)

·         interest in systematics, phylogeny, evolution, fossil lagerstaetten
(preferably

      post-Triassic)

·         spearheading national and international scientific collaborations
and interdisciplinary projects

·         proven experience in fundraising

·         solid computer skills, knowledge of statistics and database
management desired

·         ability to work in a team, including the supervision of students,
PhDs, volunteers, technical staff, etc.

·         firm willingness to teach at a university

·         sound knowledge of English and the firm willingness to learn
German



Applications are highly welcome. Salary for a curator is at E 13 TV-L
(German public service salary scale). The official language is German. We
are an equal opportunity employer. Please send your written application
with standard documents to the following address by May, 31st, 2013:
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, c/o Frau M. Lindner,
Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart, Germany. For further information, please
contact the director of the museum, Prof. Dr. J. Eder (+49 711 8936 112) or
Dr. R. Schoch (+49 711 8936 143).



Stuttgart, den 10. April 2013

Prof. Dr. Johanna Eder, Director
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