The Field Museum is a not-for-profit organization located on the Museum Campus of Chicago. Since the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, we have conducted research across all seven continents and accumulated a collection of over 40 million specimens and artifacts.

The Field Museum is searching for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join our team!

The Postdoctoral Researcher will report to our Assistant Curator of Pollinating Insects in Life Sciences, Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Bruno de Medeiros. The Postdoctoral Researcher will work closely with de Medeiros, focusing on work on systematics and diversification of flower-associated beetles and other insects, including specimen-based work, pollen metabarcoding, molecular work, bioinformatics, data analysis, fieldwork, mentoring volunteers and undergrads, and leading and contributing to publications. The scientific results obtained by this position will be disseminated in the form of outreach, publications, and presentations.

Please provide a minimum of two references and their contact information to be considered.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Generate and analyze phylogenetic datasets for flower-associated insects
• Contribute to fieldwork internationally or locally
• Mentor undergrads, interns, and volunteers
• Disseminate scientific results in the form of outreach, presentations, or publications

Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology or related fields by the start date
• Must be able to generate and analyze high-throughput sequencing data for the purposes of studying insect phylogenetics and diversification
• Must have experience in working with specimens from collections
• Genomic library preparation
• Analysis of high-throughput sequencing data
• Ability to work in groups and supervise undergrads, interns, and volunteers
• Written and oral skills for publication and presentation of research results
• Experience with Neotropical fieldwork is desirable but not necessary

Applications must be received by January 2, 2023.

Contact Us

For more information about our Postdoctoral fellowships or questions about your application, please contact Bruno de Medeiros bdemedeiros@fieldmuseum.org.

Important Note: In order to protect the health and safety of our employees, guests and their families, the Field Museum is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Requests for exemptions from the vaccine will not be considered as given the nature of this position, we are unable to provide an accommodation for anyone who has not been vaccinated.

The Field Museum is an equal opportunity workplace and employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other protected class. We strive to create a working environment that is free of all forms of discrimination and one that promotes human dignity and mutual respect among all staff. We believe every member of our organization enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, to identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions.