[NHCOLL-L:2801] Position Announcement: Director of Research, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

[Sula Vanderplank]

Apologies for cross-posting.

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN (RSABG) seeks a successful leader, 
scholar and administrator to direct its research programs and to 
serve as Chair of the Graduate Program in Botany, Claremont Graduate 
University.

RSABG is a 78-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to promoting 
botany, conservation, and horticulture to inspire, inform, and 
educate the public and the scientific community about California's 
native flora. The Garden conducts programs in research, graduate 
education, public and professional education, and rare plant 
conservation. Facilities include a one-million specimen herbarium 
with worldwide representation, a living plant collection of over 
3,000 species and varieties on 86 acres, research laboratories, 
greenhouse, nursery, seed storage facilities, and a 50,000-volume 
research library. The Garden also publishes the scientific journal 
Aliso.

RSABG has an active, broad-based, internationally recognized research 
program in systematic and evolutionary botany, and is the Botany 
Program for Claremont Graduate University by an affiliation 
agreement, awarding masters and doctorate degrees.  Over 90 highly 
trained students have received Masters of Science or Doctor of 
Philosophy degrees since inception of the program.

Qualifications:  Reporting to the Executive Director, this endowed 
position will have overall responsibility for management of the 
Garden's research programs, including oversight of the graduate 
Botany Program (as Department Chair), as well as supervision of the 
herbarium and research library.  The Director will also participate 
in teaching graduate-level courses in botany and maintain an active 
externally-funded research program, with a scientific focus that will 
complement and strengthen the current research at the institution. 
The Director of Research will be fully committed to graduate 
education, a well-regarded researcher, a skilled communicator, and an 
excellent administrator and manager.  Required are a doctorate in 
botany or a related field, with specialization in some aspect of 
plant systematics or evolutionary biology preferred, and an excellent 
and ongoing track record of scientific publication and extramural 
funding. The Director of Research will be expected to hold an 
Associate or Full Professorship at Claremont Graduate University, 
which will be co-terminous with the appointment as Director of 
Research.

To apply, send a letter of interest and curriculum vita to Patrick S. 
Larkin, Executive Director, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 
North College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711.  Letters of reference will 
be requested later.  For more information contact Mr. Larkin directly 
at (909) 625-8767, ext. 220 or by e-mail at Patrick.Larkin at cgu.edu.

The search will remain open until the position is filled.

The Botanic Garden values a diverse community and is committed to 
equal opportunity in employment.

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Sula Vanderplank
Herbarium Collections Manager, (RSA-POM)
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 N College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711

www.rsabg.org
(909) 625 8767
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