POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE POSITION.

The interdisciplinary Center for Biology and Society in the School of Life
Sciences at Arizona State University seeks a postdoctoral fellow to assist with
our NSF-funded Embryo Project.  Please see
http://sols.asu.edu/cbs/embryo_project.php for more information on this exciting
new research program. The position will involve working with faculty, graduate,
and undergraduate students to help establish international collaborative working
groups, run workshops, and develop an interactive virtual laboratory working
environment to generate an encyclopedia.  ASU is a rapidly growing university
centrally committed to interdisciplinary, interactive research and education,
and a diversity of units and faculty members in multiple disciplines in the
sciences, social sciences, and humanities are involved in this project. 

Candidates must have earned a Ph.D. in History of Biology, Life Sciences, HPS,
or a related field before the time of appointment. A successful candidate must
feel comfortable working with an IT rich environment and with working in
interdisciplinary teams. Starting time for the position is negotiable, and
funding is available for three years, though the appointment is made annually
with possible renewal if successful. Please send a cover letter explaining your
qualifications, interests, and what you would bring to the project and gain from
it, plus a curriculum vitae, and writing sample including up to three
representative reprints to The Embryo Project, Center for Biology and Society,
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 874501, Tempe, AZ
85287-4501.  In addition, please have at least two and no more than three
letters sent to the same address or to maienschein@asu.edu.  Application
deadline is January 15, 2007, with applications reviewed weekly thereafter until
search is closed.

Arizona State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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