Postdoc positions The Knowles lab at the University of Michigan is seeking to hire two postdocs to work on a collaborative NSF funded project. The work entails population level sampling across hundreds of species to test hypotheses about the controls on diversification in a spectacularly diverse genus of grasshoppers. More specifically, we are examining how opportunities for speciation as related to population splitting rates and the biogeographic context of divergence may contribute to difference in species diversity across North American grasshoppers. As a complement to this work, we are also characterizing rates of morphological divergence in male genitalia across species as a proxy for selectively driven divergence in traits related to the evolution of reproductive isolation. We would like to hire two postdocs with complementary skill sets. For one postdoc line, experience in RADseq library construction and bioinformatic processing is required. Someone with an interest (and preferably experience) in population demographic modeling is also required. For the other postdoc position experience with geometric morphometrics and using phylogenetic frameworks to quantify rates of morphological evolution is required. Neither postdoc requires experience working with insects. As a collaborative project, we are especially interested in people who enjoys working as part of team, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, and participating in outreach activities. For both positions there are opportunities to develop side projects tailored to your specific interests as it relates to biogeography, speciation, phylogeography, species distributional modeling, morphological evolution, phylogenetics, museum collections, and species delimitation. If you are interested and would like to discuss the positions in more detail, please contact L. Lacey Knowles; knowlesl@umich.edu. A PhD is required upon the start date of the position. Postdoctoral Fellow positions are one-year term-limited positions, renewable annually based on performance, work authorization, and funding availability. The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. L. Lacey Knowles Robert B. Payne Collegiate Professor Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Curator of Insects, Museum of Zoology University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48109-1085 L Knowles (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)