Brazil-Based Post-Doctoral Research in genomics and historical
demography of Brazilian Bird diversity

Period of Research Project and Stipend: January 2025 - December 2026

We are seeking a 2-year postdoctoral fellow to undertake a study of
genomics and historical demography of extinct and near extinct species
in the Neotropics. Complete genomes, even with few specimens, can
inform us about recent changes in population size changes. Those data
associated to molecular date estimates can help us relate natural
declines or those resulting with anthropic changes The project, which
is supported by a grant from the Lemann Brazil Research Fund at
Harvard University, is entitled "Using museum specimens and genomics
to reconstruct the path to endangerment of Brazil's rarest birds". The
main goal is to generate complete genomes from endangered and extinct
species from Brazilian museum collections and to test for the temporal
coincidence of population declines and the peopling of the Americas,
especially in the Neotropics.

The postdoctoral fellow will be based at the Federal University of São
Paulo, Brazil and will make occasional visits to Harvard University.
At the Federal University of São Paulo the fellow will be in the
Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas (campus
Diadema).  At Harvard the fellow will be in the Department of
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) and the Museum of
Comparative Zoology (MCZ).  Funds for travel between the US and Brazil
are included in the fellowship. Our hope is that the postdoctoral
fellow will facilitate collaboration between the Harvard team (Drs.
Scott Edwards) and the UNIFESP team (Dr. Fabio Raposo do Amaral).

By the specifications of the award, the postdoctoral fellow will be
based in Brazil, and ideally be a Brazilian citizen.  Successful
applicants should have a PhD and should have a strong background in
genomics, and preferably with historical demography, not necessarily
with birds.

The successful applicant will receive a research stipend that is
competitive within Brazil and will be awarded by the Brazil Office of
the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard
University (Associação David Rockefeller Center da Universidade de
Harvard).  Review of applications will begin December 1, 2024. Please
send a CV with a list of three individuals who may be asked to supply
references; a cover letter outlining your interests and suitability
for the position; and three publications or manuscripts in a merged
pdf file to Fabio Raposo do Amaral at fabio.raposo@unifesp.br and cc
to Scott Edwards at sedwards@fas.harvard.edu.

Contacts: Fabio Raposo do Amaral, Federal University of São Paulo,
Brazil, fabio.raposo@unifesp.br, and Scott Edwards, Department of
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology,
Harvard University. sedwards@fas.harvard.edu

"Fabio R. Amaral" <fabioraposo@gmail.com>

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