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About the Role
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is seeking an Assistant Curator in Restoration Ecology to develop an externally funded, field-oriented research program focused on ecological restoration using plants. This role will strengthen NYBG’s capacity to address restoration and conservation challenges locally, nationally, and internationally, with a desirable emphasis on tropical ecosystems.
Responsibilities
- Develop a strong, innovative, and internationally recognized research program in restoration ecology.
- Design and lead field-based restoration ecology research, monitoring, and evaluation projects.
- Leverage NYBG’s collections and resources, including the Thain Family Forest, William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, the Pfizer Laboratory, digital assets, biocultural collections, living collections, and existing restoration and conservation initiatives.
- Build integrative, collaborative, and synergistic research programs and develop new partnerships.
- Attract extramural funding and produce a robust body of peer-reviewed publications and scholarly products.
- Engage in service to NYBG Science, the broader institution, and the scientific community, as well as communication with the public and partner communities.
- Enhance NYBG’s role in education and training by advising graduate students, mentoring interns and postdoctoral fellows, teaching graduate-level courses, developing professional workshops, and contributing to public education.
- Advance NYBG’s strategic objectives, including environmental action, community engagement, digital innovation, and organizational excellence.
Requirements
- An earned PhD in ecology, botany, biology, restoration ecology, conservation biology, plant science, environmental science, or related field.
- Preference for candidates with postdoctoral or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong publication record and evidence of potential or current success in securing external funding.
- Demonstrated expertise in restoration ecology, plant community ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem recovery, restoration monitoring, or a closely related field.
- Experience working in tropical ecosystems is desirable; experience in the Caribbean and Latin America is preferred.
- Ability to design and implement field-based research and monitoring programs, including work in diverse and potentially remote outdoor environments.
- Strong quantitative skills in one or more areas such as statistics, ecological modeling, GIS, remote sensing, experimental design, functional trait analysis, data science, programming, machine learning, or related quantitative approaches.
- Ability to connect taxonomic, ecological, and applied restoration knowledge to real world sites and situations.
- Demonstrated ability to build collaborative partnerships and contribute to a collegial, inclusive, and interdisciplinary research environment.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate science effectively to multiple constituencies.
- Preference for candidates with experience successfully teaching, advising, mentoring students, or training environmental professionals.
- Excellent English language communication skills (reading, writing, speaking) are required.
- Preference for a candidate who speaks and/or writes languages in addition to English, especially languages used in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Demonstrated experience fostering an inclusive environment, working with people from diverse backgrounds, and incorporating diverse and innovative perspectives.
- Kindness, collegiality, and a sense of humor are required.
Skills
- Restoration ecology
- Plant conservation
- Ecosystem recovery
- Climate resilience
- Biodiversity-based solutions
- Plant community recovery
- Ecological reference models
- Seed-based restoration
- Restoration genetics
- Functional traits
- Landscape connectivity
- Invasive species management
- Degraded lands recovery
- Urban and peri-urban restoration
- Climate adaptation
- Statistics
- Ecological modeling
- GIS
- Remote sensing
- Experimental design
- Functional trait analysis
- Data science
- Programming
- Machine learning
- Quantitative approaches
- Taxonomic knowledge
- Ecological knowledge
- Applied restoration knowledge
- Collaborative partnerships
- Science communication
- Graduate student advising
- Mentoring interns
- Mentoring postdoctoral fellows
- Teaching graduate-level courses
- Professional workshop development
- Public education
- Scientific communication
- Fostering inclusive environments
- Working with diverse backgrounds
- Incorporating diverse perspectives
Location
- The New York Botanical Garden
Work Type
- Hybrid work policy applies
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Career-track appointment
- Postdoctoral or equivalent professional experience preferred
Education Level
- PhD in ecology, botany, biology, restoration ecology, conservation biology, plant science, environmental science, or related field
Salary/Compensations
- $87,550
Benefits
- 15 Vacation Days
- 13 Paid Holidays
- 12 Sick Days
- Health and Dental Insurance Coverage
- 401K
- Pension Plan
About the Company
- The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a leading institution in plant research and conservation.
- NYBG Science includes experts in invasive species, global change, forest ecology, and landscape ecology.
- Other strengths at NYBG include ethnobotany, plant taxonomy and systematics, molecular ecology, ecophysiology, computational biology, and horticulture.
Equal Opportunity
- EOE