NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center is seeking applicants for an Interdisciplinary Research Ecologist/Research Oceanographer to serve as a Cetacean Acoustician in the Cetacean Research Program. The position is at the PIFSC lab in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The position has the following duties: - Lead and coordinate passive acoustics research that supports cetacean stock assessment, including evaluation of occurrence, abundance, stock structure, and human impacts. - Conduct multi-variate statistical analyses to understand the relationship between cetacean occurrence and behavioral, environmental or anthropogenic factors. - Identify appropriate passive acoustic instrumentation, algorithms, and data processing approaches for detection, classification, and localization of cetaceans across a broad range of geographic and temporal scales. - Draft manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication and reports of research findings for scientific or regulatory needs. This is a Federal position within NOAA Fisheries. U.S. Citizens and Nationals are eligible to apply. Please check out the full advertisement <https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/443472800#btn-add-info> on USAJobs.gov for additional information. Status candidates may also apply through separate announcement here <https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/443472100>. The application period closes July 15, 2016. -- Erin Oleson Leader, Cetacean Research Program Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center NOAA Fisheries erin.ole...@noaa.gov www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cetacean Mailing address: NOAA IRC NMFS/PIFSC/PSD/Erin Oleson 1845 Wasp Blvd., Building 176 Honolulu, HI 96818 (808) 725-5712 <http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cetacean>
