Stony Brook University seeks an Associate Director for the Institute for Conservation of Tropical Environments (ICTE)/Centre ValBio (CVB) to provide leadership and promote a productive environment that fosters innovation and excellence in CVB's research, education, and outreach programs. The Associate Director should have academic expertise in one or more core areas covered by CVB, which covers the natural sciences. (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, zoology, botany, organismal biology [e.g., entomology, herpetology, etc.], natural history, paleontology, primatology, ecology and evolution of infectious disease, ecology and evolution of behavior, tropical ecology and evolution), applied natural sciences (e.g., conservation biology, tropical forestry), or at the interface between science and society (e.g., anthropology, one health, biodiversity management). While holding a tenure home in an allied department at the main SBU campus on Long Island, the Associate Director is expected to reside at CVB in Madagascar for a great proportion of the first two-to-three years of their appointment, and at least one academic term each year thereafter. Led by Stony Brook University's Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments, CVB is poised to become a leading biological field station, enabling unparalleled access to a global biodiversity hotspot in Madagascar. Located in Ranomafana National Park, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, CVB hosts a small community of visiting faculty (~5-15 annually), graduate students (~10-20 annually), postdoctoral scholars and academic specialists (~3-6 annually), and ~135 support staff, as well as three vibrant multi-season study abroad undergraduate programs. CVB is unique in its ability to support integrated laboratory and field research in the eastern rainforests of Madagascar. Its large year-round expert staff, state-of-the-art laboratory, research and teaching facilities, and connections to researchers at dozens of global universities have no parallel in Madagascar. Major research facilities at CVB include: a genomics lab, ultracold freezers, liquid nitrogen generation, cell culture facilities, and an herbarium and insectarium. Centre ValBio's staff includes research technicians who specialize in identifying local plant and insect life, recording primate behavioral ecology, collecting specimens, and conducting biodiversity surveys. These staff provide research support services to visiting faculty and researchers for work both at Ranomafana National Park and expeditionary work across Madagascar, facilitating the production of new knowledge about some of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. Additionally, Centre ValBio's education and reforestation teams work with local communities to promote conservation education, restore areas of disturbed and degraded forest, and improve educational opportunities in local communities. Additional information about CVB can be found at https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/centre-valbio/ For details and to apply: https://apply.interfolio.com/167803 For an Associate Director of CVB, we are searching for a near-mid- to mid-career biodiversity scientist with the drive to advance their research at a biodiversity hotspot while supporting global science and education. An ideal candidate will have had some administrative experience, however, such experience may take many forms (e.g., being graduate program director or department chair, administering or helping administer a collaborative project with >2 PIs, running international programs for researchers at any level). Direct questions to: liliana,davalos@stonybrook.edu Liliana M. Dávalos online , Google scholar publications bluesky: @labdavalos.bsky.social office: 631.632.1554 "Liliana M. Davalos" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)