The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is seeking an excellent candidate to fill the position of Database Supervisor in the Institute of Economic Botany (IEB). This position is part of NYBG's planned initiative to move information about all collections at the Garden (herbarium, economic botany, laboratory, etc.) into a central database system being developed at NYBG (CASSIA). The Database Supervisor position is for two years, and, in this initial two years of CASSIA development and implementation, the Database Supervisor will work closely with researchers and staff in the Institute of Economic Botany, the Computer Services Department, and the NYBG Herbarium. Duties will include maintaining economic botany authority files, overseeing new data entry from economic botany data files containing collection and sample information about economically useful plants, and working with the CASSIA development group. The Database Supervisor will spend 1/4 of his/her time on economic botany research under the direction of Dr. Michael Balick. The overall goal is to keep the Database Supervisor up-to-date on all research, data-gathering, and data presentation methods in the changing field of economic botany by hands-on participation in ongoing research endeavors in the IEB to which plant specimens are attached.
Consideration of applications will begin immediately. The successful candidate will have an M.S. or B.S. in Economic Botany, Anthropology, Ecology, Environmental Studies, or other field involving economic botany, and computer skills, especially database experience in economic botany. Please submit a resume, cover letter and the names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of at least 3 references to:
Human Resources Coordinator - DBS
The New York Botanical Garden
200th Street and Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
email: [email protected]
The New York Botanical Garden is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
The internship will provide work experience in all aspects of managing collections in a major herbarium and an opportunity to contribute to the preparation of a modern state flora through a research project in some aspect of the flora of Pennsylvania.
Requirements: Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in biology, with course work in botany.
To Apply: Send letter of application, college transcript and three letters of recommendation by March 30th to:
Botany Department Internship
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
9414 Meadowbrook Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118
For more information, contact Dr. Rhoads (215) 247-5777, ext. 134 (e-mail: [email protected]), or Dr. Schuyler (215) 299-1193 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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