The Toews Lab (http://www.davetoews.com) at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking to hire a Research Technologist / Lab Manager- Life Sciences-Advanced Professional. Link: https://www.myworkday.com/psu/d/inst/9925$149944/rel-task/2998$16774.htmld The tasks of this position include: - Generate and analyze high-throughput DNA sequencing data to address several evolutionary and ecological questions regarding the diversification of wood warblers. - Assist in managing two active projects: using fecal metabarcoding data to understand the diets of insectivorous birds in diverse forest communities and studying hybridization genomics of Vermivora warblers. The candidate will coordinate data collection and sample storage. - Assist in helping develop and apply new molecular and analytical tools to these projects, and independently assess the feasibility and cost effectiveness of these new methods. - The candidate will be responsible for helping train students and postdocs with laboratory methods as well as some specialized equipment. - The candidate will also help foster a safe, productive, and collegial lab environment. The candidate will work with the Principal Investigator (PI Toews) on effective communication of the data and will hopefully co-author subsequent publications. David Toews: toews@psu.edu "Toews, David" (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)