Scientist and Curator for the Department of Anthropology (m/f/d)

Research

• Development and implementation of research projects in collaboration with the Department with focus on the following fields:

Bioanthropology

Palaeopatholoy

Comparative anatomy, morphometry

Human evolution

Collection and provenance research

• Supervising students regarding their scientific projects at the collections (BCs, MSc, PhD) in collaboration with universities;
• Acquisition of third-party funding for research;
• Publication in international peer-reviewed journals and presentation of research in national and international conferences;
• Interdisciplinary cooperation with national and international institutions.

Collection and infrastructure

• Expansion of the collections as research infrastructure warranting their long-term accessibility;
• Joint development of conservatory strategies and reorganization of the collection management;
• Adaptation of digitization-workflows for the NHM-database considering the ethical standards;
• Curatorial care, research and expansion of parts of the collections;
• Answering requests from and supervision of national and international guest researchers and project collaborators;
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