Paleonet: PhD position in fish palaeobiology and evolution (m/f/d) at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart

[August Ilg]

PhD position in fish palaeobiology and evolution (m/f/d)
 at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
Homepage: www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de

We are seeking to the earliest possible date a highly motivated student with 
an interest in vertebrate palaeontology and palaeoecology to fill a PhD 
position funded for a two-year period by the State Museum of Natural History 
Stuttgart (SMNS). The museum is an internationally renowned research 
institution, with extensive palaeontological and neontological collections.
Project: 
The Early Jurassic Posidonia Shale is one of the classic European fossil 
lagerstätten. It has been intensively sampled for both invertebrate and 
vertebrate fossils for over 400 years, resulting in extensive museum 
collections, one of the largest of which is housed at SMNS. The funded PhD 
project will focus on the diversity, palaeoecology, and evolution of 
pachycormid fishes from the Posidonia Shale with the goal of understanding the 
early evolution of trophic disparity within this Mesozoic group. The project 
will be supervised by Dr. Erin Maxwell (http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/
forschung/palaeontologie/maxwell) and Dr. Rainer Schoch (SMNS/ University of 
Hohenheim).
Required qualifications:
    • M.Sc./Diploma or equivalent in biology or palaeontology by the time the 
project starts
    • strong English language skills
    • research experience dealing with fossil fishes is an asset
Please note: Employment will be at the SMNS, Stuttgart. The successful 
applicant expected to enroll in a doctoral program at the University of 
Hohenheim to obtain the appropriate degree.
In turn we offer:
    • the opportunity to pursue your academic career in an internationally 
renowned research museum with state-of-the-art facilities
    • intensive academic and personal mentoring in the course of the Phd-
project
    • exciting research projects in an international and multidisciplinary 
environment 
    • an attractive workplace in the centre of Stuttgart
    • flexible and family-friendly working hours
    • benefits from occupational health management 
Salary corresponds to the German civil service salary scale E 13 TV-L, 50%. 
The position needs to be filled by November 2020 and is funded for 2 years. 
Your application should include a cover letter, CV including the contact 
information of two academic references, relevant certificates, as well as a 1-
page statement of research interests detailing past research experience.
Please submit your electronic application exclusively online (in one file, max 
5 MB) to phd-pachycormidae at smns-bw.de prior to September 23, 2020. Job 
interviews are scheduled for September 29, 2020.

For further information, please contact Dr. Erin Maxwell: 0049-(0)711/8936-145 
or  erin.maxwell at smns-bw.de   
The SMNS is an equal opportunity employer; disabled applicants will be 
preferentially considered if equally qualified.
Please note that your incoming data will not be automatically encrypted. By 
submitting your application documents, you agree to share them with members of 
the selection committee in compliance with the provisions of the European 
General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). 

Further information on data protection law for applicants can be found on our 
homepage under “Jobs” (in German).


Stuttgart, September 2, 2020
        

Teresa Windischbauer 
Managing Director



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D-40237 Duesseldorf
Germany

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