Postdoc Jobs

Current job openings for postdoctoral candidates can be found below. Faculty, students, and others looking for jobs and research opportunities should visit the Yale Geology and Geophysics Department Jobs Page.

Postdoctoral Associates In Invertebrate Paleontology At Yale University

Applications are invited for two postdoctoral positions in paleontology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. The role of the appointees will be to promote Yale's activities in invertebrate paleontology. Applications are sought from individuals with interests in the evolution, systematics and fossil record of invertebrates, and/or fossilization processes. The successful applicants will have completed a PhD and demonstrated scientific achievement at the time of appointment. The positions are for two years commencing on January 1st, 2009.

The postdoctoral positions are associated with the appointment of Derek E.G. Briggs, Frederick William Beinecke Professor of Geology and Geophysics, as Director of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. The duties of one appointee will include some teaching and providing research assistance to Derek Briggs, but s/he will also be expected to pursue a personal research agenda. The second appointee will carry out research related to the collections in the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and will assist with curation in his/her area of expertise. We are particularly interested in researchers with expertise on areas of the collection currently under development, which include the Schuchert Brachiopod Collection, the Ciurca Eurypterid Collection, June R. P. Ross Collection (bryozoans), the Charles Ross Collection (foraminifera, esp. fusilinids), and the Galloway-St. Jean Collection of stromatoporoids. In addition to research in systematic paleontology, the collections can be used to analyze patterns of macroevolution and paleobiogeography via our database facilities.

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae (including a list of publications and indication of research interests, and the names and e-mail addresses of three referees) to derek.briggs@yale.edu (cc: susan.butts@yale.edu) by 15th September, 2008.

Interdepartmental Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences at Yale University

The Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University (www.geology.yale.edu) seeks applicants for a postdoctoral fellowship in research that links geosciences (studies of the solid earth, oceans, atmosphere, climate, and the evolution of life) with other sciences, including, but not limited to, astronomy and astrophysics; environmental studies; physics; chemistry; biology; engineering; anthropology; medical science and public health; economics and political science.

This Postdoctoral Associate position is awarded for two years, contingent on satisfactory progress, and provides a stipend ($49,000/yr) and base research funds ($5,000/yr), plus health care benefits and limited expenses for relocation. The Interdepartmental Postdoctoral Fellowship will have at least two faculty collaborators: the primary sponsor will be from Geology and Geophysics, while others are from one or more other Yale departments. Interested candidates should first contact a faculty member in Geology and Geophysics to define a research theme and to identify other appropriate faculty collaborators. Applicants should submit a curriculum vita, a list of publications, an interdisciplinary research proposal (2-3 pages, in which the Yale collaborators are identified), and a brief letter of endorsement from each of the Yale faculty collaborators. Applicants should also arrange for three reference letters to be sent directly to the Department. The deadline for receipt of all application materials is January 15, 2009, and decisions will be announced by or shortly after March 15, 2009. Successful candidates are expected to begin their program at Yale between July 1 and December 31, 2009.

Application materials and reference letters should be sent by email (interdepartmental.fellowship@geology.yale.edu) or by post: Interdepartmental Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109. Yale University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer; applications from women and minority scientists are strongly encouraged.

Bateman Postdoctoral Fellowships in Geosciences at Yale University

The Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University (www.geology.yale.edui ) announces an annual competition for one or more Bateman Postdoctoral Fellowships. We welcome applicants with research interests across the full range of disciplines within the Earth Sciences, including studies of the solid earth, oceans, atmosphere, climate dynamics, geochemistry, paleoclimatology, and the evolution of life. Each of these Postdoctoral Associate positions is awarded for two years, providing a stipend ($49,000/yr) and base research funds ($5,000/yr), plus health care benefits and limited expenses for relocation. Applicants should contact a sponsor in the Department to identify potential research projects, and then submit a short (2-3 page) statement of research interests and proposed research, a curriculum vita, and list of publications. The sponsor's name should be clearly identified in the research statement. Applicants should also arrange for three reference letters to be sent directly to the Department. The deadline for receipt of all application materials is January 15, 2009, and decisions will be announced by or shortly after March 15, 2009. Successful candidates are expected to begin their program at Yale between July 1 and December 31, 2009.

Application materials and reference letters should be sent by email (bateman.fellowship@geology.yale.edu) or by post: Bateman Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109. Yale University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer; applications from women and minority scientists are strongly encouraged.