The Postdoctoral Research fellow will be working on a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project that aims to build the first integrated phylogenomic, morphological, and ecological framework of the entire Anopheline mosquito subfamily. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on Earth, and anopheline mosquitoes alone transmit the malaria parasites responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. Their ranges are shifting in unpredictable ways under climate and land-use change, yet fewer than 75 of the nearly 500 known Anopheline species have ever been tested for their ability to transmit human pathogens; and most lack even a basic evolutionary or ecological framework.

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will lead genomic assembly and phylogenomic inference, contribute to 3D morphometric trait extraction and environmental niche modeling, and co-lead peer-reviewed manuscripts across multiple aims. This is an unusually broad, integrative opportunity for a scientist who wants to work at the intersection of phylogenomics, functional morphology, ecology, and public health entomology, with the training, publications, and network to launch an independent research career.