Senior Researcher / Researcher (Botanical Research – Herbarium) - Singapore Botanic Gardens

• Country

  Singapore

• Region

  Asia

• Contract type

  Fixed-term contract

• Experience

  Senior

You will be part of the team working on angiosperm plant diversity of Singapore and surrounding regions. We seek candidates with demonstrated experience and research expertise of collections-based research, with background in applications of systematic theory and techniques, biogeography, understanding of morphological descriptive taxonomy, and working experience of employing modern tools including machine learning and/or biogeographic analysis. The candidate will be expected to develop a research programme on major angiosperm groups in Singapore Botanic Gardens (e.g., Gentianales, Poales, Arecaceae), but candidates with research in other diverse SEA plant groups will be considered. Opportunities for collaboration with regional partners and fieldwork will be possible. In addition, the job holder is expected to leverage modern computational tools to develop research questions and publish research outcomes from the digital dataset generated as part of the SING digitalisation programme.

Deadline: 18 January 2026

Contract: Fixed-term

Location: Singapore

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