Tenure System Assistant Professor and Curator of Vertebrate Collections at Michigan State University The Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Integrative Biology (IBIO) and MSU Museum invite applications for the position of Tenure System Assistant Professor and Curator of Vertebrate Collections. Exceptional, early-stage associate professors will also be considered. The IBIO Department’s core mission is to advance understanding of the function, stability, resilience, and adaptation of complex biological systems via research, teaching, and outreach while striving to recruit and retain a diverse, vibrant, and inclusive community of scholars (https://integrativebiology.msu.edu). This tenure-stream position entails research, teaching, and curation. The applicant is expected to have an independent, specimen-based research program with strong potential for external funding. The successful candidate will contribute to the growth of vertebrate collections, provide research opportunities for students, and teach an upper-level course in their area of expertise. As Curator of Vertebrates, the successful candidate will work with the Collections Manager to facilitate use of collections for research and education, oversee growth of the collections, write proposals to support collections care and digitization, and provide expertise to the campus community and to state and local authorities. We will consider applicants with active specimen-based research programs focused on a vertebrate taxon and with expertise in any of a variety of fields, including global change, phylogenomics, functional morphology, macroevolution, conservation biology, and evolutionary biology. A complete list of required qualifications, desired qualifications, and other information about this position can be found through the official job posting: https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/521070/assistant-professortenure-system. Review of applications with begin on 27 November 2024. Send questions to the Search Committee Chair (Dr. Catherine Lindell lindellc@msu.edu). -- Grace Smith-Vidaurre, PhD (she/her) 1855 Assistant Professor Department of Integrative Biology Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Michigan State University https://smith-vidaurrelab.github.io/|Zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/6599648175 Last name pronunciation: Smith-"vid-AH-ray" "Smith Vidaurre, Grace" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)