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Eric Schuettpelz

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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Look, y'all— this is not the worst outcome, but it's also not great. Framing this as gaining a notably large herbarium is spin; the reality is a historic, important herbarium has lost its identity. The specimens were never going to be trashed; Duke still voluntarily truncated their botanical legacy.
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) is now accepting applications, with a deadline of 15 October. This includes the Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
fellowships.si.edu
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Y'all - the Smithsonian is hiring three new curators - herpetology, ichthyology, and ornithology! Notably, this is a 2nd fish curator position - i.e., not the same as the one advertised last month. So if you applied for that one apply again. www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000
Curator of Vertebrates

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History currently has openings for three early-career Research Curators in Vertebrate Zoology, one each from the disciplines of ornithology, herpetology and ichthyology. The Department of Vertebrate Zoology seeks candidates with demonstrated expertise in, and a commitment to, collections-based research centered on systematics and evolution of birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. This includes the ability to pursue an original approach to systematics and comparative analyses using, for example, morphology, development, and/or molecular data, and showing evidence of broader impacts or applications in evolutionary biology and/or collections-based ecology, as demonstrated by a record of peer-reviewed publications.

Candidates must have demonstrated the ability to establish an externally funded research program and to contribute to the growth and curation of the collections. Research in the Department is supported by the Museum’s shared laboratories, including the Laboratory of Analytic Biology and the Scientific Imaging facility, among others. The Department’s scientific collections are the largest in the world for fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, and the third largest for birds.

These federal positions will be filled at the GS-12 level, with a starting salary of $102,415, and excellent benefits. The positions are permanent and require a one-year probationary period. 

The official announcement is posted on USAJOBS, where applications must be submitted.
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000

Please be sure to read the announcement and instructions carefully, as the process of applying via USAJOBS is stringent and differs from applying for an academic position. This website offers helpful advice: https://serc.si.edu/careers/tips-applying-federal-jobs

Please contact the Search Committee Chair, Michael McGowen (mcgowenm@si.edu) or the Department Chair, Helen James (jamesh@si.edu) with any questions.
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iaptglobal @iaptglobal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
bit.ly/PD_Senna
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Parked outside the NMNH today!
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
ATTENTION. This is NOT a 2024 repost. We are hiring NOW and the deadline for applying is fast approaching.
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
NOW HIRING: Research Botanists (2). Smithsonian NMNH Botany seeks candidates with expertise in plant systematics. Those focused on lichens, marine algae, or large angiosperm families are especially encouraged to apply. For details, visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/867546600). Deadline 26 May 2026.
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
FINAL CALL! Applications due tomorrow (1 May 2026).
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
WANTED: Lead Collections Manager. Smithsonian NMNH Botany is looking for a Supervisory Museum Specialist to manage the United States National Herbarium and a top-notch collections team. For more information, visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications due in two weeks (1 May 2026).
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The wait begins...
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The United States National Herbarium is seeking a Lead Collections Manager! For complete requirements and application procedures, please visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications and all supporting documentation must be received online by 1 May 2026.
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USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government
<p>The Smithsonian Institution is the world&rsquo;s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a major bureau of the Smithsonian Institution that is responsible for the acquisition, curation, and preservation of collections of objects and specimens of natural history within the specialization of botany for this position.</p>
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Applications for 2026 Botany Travel Awards to support the resident study of collections in the United States National Herbarium are due on 15 February. This year, awards will be for six weeks, with a stipend of $6,000! For more information, please visit: naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...
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Opportunities
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We're now accepting applications for 2026 Botany Travel Awards to support the resident study of collections in the United States National Herbarium! For more information, please visit: naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot.... Photo: Mauricio Diazgranados.
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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Alma Laney @amadvirologist.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
My department is hiring a herbarium manager: www.schooljobs.com/careers/uvu/... It's a great place to work with a close knit botany group 🙂
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Herbarium Manager - Biology
The Department of Biology invites applications for a full-time Herbarium Manager position to begin as soon as September 2025. We seek an exceptional candidate with expertise in plant systematics, taxo...
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Closing date is rapidly approaching (21 August)!
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The NMNH Department of Botany is looking for a Museum Specialist. Please spread the word!
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Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09
Job Opening: Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Working on ferns? The @afs1893.bsky.social has research award opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. More information at www.amerfernsoc.org/society-awards. Deadline extended to this Friday (28 March).
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
It's not only St. Patrick's Day, but also Nathalie Nagalingum's birthday...rather fitting given her interest in the most shamrocky of ferns. We miss you Nat.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The PteridoPortal: A publicly accessible collection of over three million records of extant and extinct #pteridophytes By @crothfels.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @mlinkperez.bsky.social @aaronliston.bsky.social @klymiuk.ca et al in #AppsPlantSci bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Pteridophyte Collections Consortium logo. On the left side, "Pteridophyte Collections Consortium" is on a green background. On the right side, there are two columns of 0's and 1's, with an image of a fern fiddlehead composed of 0's and 1's on top.
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Deadline (15 March) approaching! Are you a student working on ferns? Check out the @afs1893.bsky.social awards: www.amerfernsoc.org/society-awards
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Awards — American Fern Society
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Norm Wickett @reactionnorm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Just extended the deadline to March 21 for this position in the Plant Phylogenomics group at the University of Vienna. It is sort of a "post doc plus" position funded for up to six years. Please reach out if you want to chat - I'd love to talk to you about it! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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University Assistant postdoctoral
University Assistant postdoctoral
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Hervé Sauquet @hsauquet.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We’re hiring again! Our new Leader Systematic Botany role at Botanic Gardens of Sydney is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team of 15 scientists working on systematics, phylogenomics, and macroevolution of the Australian flora. iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/leader-s...
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Kalettes are a regular part of our winter rotation, but this is our first time having PURPLE kalettes. Lovely!
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Some new cheilanthoid genera for #FernFriday!
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A phylogenetically informed generic reclassification of the hemionitid ferns (Pteridaceae: Cheilanthoideae)
The roughly 500 species of cheilanthoid ferns exhibit a diversity of morphological adaptations to xeric environments. However, most of these traits have evolved independently multiple times, impeding...
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The American Fern Society @afs1893.bsky.social is now accepting applications for the Nathalie S. Nagalingum Graduate Student Research Award & the James D. Caponetti Undergraduate Student Research Award! For more information, visit: www.amerfernsoc.org/society-awards
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Awards — American Fern Society
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
So happy for Jan and all the #PAEMST recipients! Well deserved!
whitehouse.gov
President Biden Honors More Than 300 Americans with Nation’s Highest Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers and Mentors | OSTP | The White House
Today, President Biden announced 336 teachers and mentors from around the nation as recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) and the Presidenti...
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Very excited to have giant pandas back in the neighborhood!
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Travel awards (up to $5,000) are available to support the study of collections in the United States National Herbarium. Applications are due on 15 January: naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
A chilly 8 miles along Difficult Run for #outandbackfriday
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
NMNH parking lot Ginkgo, still holding on.
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Matt Johnson, PhD @mossmatters.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Interested in target capture sequencing? @madiraibullock.bsky.social and I are happy to announce a new service at TTU. Send us DNA, get reads enriched for your probes. Angiosperms353, GoFLAG, Compositae1061 & more! Funds go to grad student stipends and tuition! mossmatters.com/blog/TargetC...
Flyer for Target Capture DNA Sequencing at Texas Tech by the TTU Center for Biotechnology and Genomics. We provide targeted DNA sequencing for $30/sample for Angiosperms353, GoFLAG408, and other probe sets. Funds from our service go to fund a graduate student who is running the samples. We can use as little as 100 ng of DNA in 30 uL and provide at least 1 million reads per sample from a NovaSeq6000 SP 2x250 Illumina sequencing.

For more information and the full text of this flyer, visit mossmatters.com/blog/TargetCaptureService.html
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
So very pleased to see the #botany community thriving here. Is this #SkyScience or #AcademicSky?
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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
We're now accepting applications for 2025 Botany Travel Awards to support the resident study of collections in the United States National Herbarium! For more information, please visit: naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
Polyploid goldback & silverback #ferns occupy a wider, colder & wetter bioclimatic niche than diploid counterparts By Keir Wefferling, Mariana Castro, Sílvia Castro, Helen Holmlund, João Loureiro, Carl Rothfels & Eric Schuettpelz doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #polyploidy
Photo of a silverback fern (Pentagramma pallida, Pteridaceae) growing amongst basaltic boulders at Table Mountain, Tuolumne County, California, USA.
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 28/02/2024
This whole thing is gutting.
dukechronicle.com
Faculty allege decision to close Duke Herbarium motivated by departmental competition, ‘limited resources’
Herbarium faculty members say that administrators ultimately decided that the department’s limited funds would be better spent in support of more productive initiatives, namely the Duke University Phy...
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
Duke Shuts Down Huge Plant Collection, Causing Scientific Uproar www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/s...
nytimes.com
Duke Shuts Down Huge Plant Collection, Causing Scientific Uproar
University officials say they cannot afford to maintain one of the largest herbariums in the United States. Researchers are urging Duke to reconsider.
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