Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Prominent Crops (proposed) is searching for leading scientists/team leaders
Source:Institute of Botany, CAS     Release time :2022-10-28

The State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Prominent Crops (proposed) invites applications for the positions of leading scientists/team leaders. Applicants should be well qualified and internationally recognized experts in the research fields of plant diversity and conservation, phylogenetics and evolution, and rapid domestication and improvement of prominent crops. Applicants are expected to show continued creativity as well as academic leadership and should be dedicated to mentoring younger scientists. We offer outstanding working conditions including generous long term core funding and excellent scientific infrastructure that is continually modernized. 

Applications should be as a single PDF and include: 
(1) a cover letter explaining why you would like to join our laboratory 
(2) your curriculum vitae and publication list
(3) a statement of scientific achievements 
(4) a summary of your future research plans
(5) five of your most important papers
(6) three letters of recommendation
 

The application should be sent to Wenchao Wei at weiwenchao@ibcas.ac.cn. The deadline is April 30, 2023. 

State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Prominent Crops (proposed) focuses mainly on researches of plant diversity and conservation, phylogenetics and evolution, and rapid domestication and improvement of important economic crops. It is established based on Institute of Botany of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and jointly by other four institutions of CAS, including Kunming Institute of Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Wuhan Botanical Garden and Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. The laboratory comprises 50-60 research teams. 

Inquiries can be sent to the above-mentioned e-mail address. For further information about the Institute see http://english.ib.cas.cn/.  

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