Summary The Memphis Zoo is seeking a highly qualified individual for a 2-year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship for a collaborative project optimizing current practices and developing new technologies to assist in the recovery of the federally Threatened Louisiana pinesnake (LPS). In 2010, the Memphis Zoo joined forces with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to release zoo-bred LPS onto restored habitat. The USFWS has provided funding to implement two Recovery Plan Actions: refine and implement technologies for propagating the LPS in captivity, and to assist with efforts to transmit genetic material between wild and captive populations to increase the genetic variability of the captive population, which is based