Full-time Position Available as a Research Assistant/Associate Miami University, Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
We invite applications for a Research Assistant/Associate position to serve as a laboratory manager and coordinator in the Center for Aquatic and Watershed Sciences; duties include field sampling of lakes and streams; laboratory nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) and carbon analysis of stream and lake samples using a Lachat auto-analyzer, scanning UV-visible spectrophotomer, and radioisotope techniques; operation of field sensor networks; training and supervision of student research assistants; data management; coordination with a volunteer stream monitoring program. Require: Bachelor's degree in biology, ecology, environmental science, natural resources, chemistry or related field; three years of post-degree experience in aquatic field sampling and laboratory analytical techniques (carbon and nutrient analyses). Desire: Master's degree (for appointment as Research Associate) in biology, ecology, environmental science, natural resources, chemistry or related field. Ecology and environmental science include more than 40 faculty across multiple departments (www.muohio.edu/ies<http://www.muohio.edu/ies>). Miami offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate co-major in environmental science and interdepartmental graduate programs in ecology and environmental science. Send letter of application, resume, and names of three references via email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, Denise Withrow, Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, Miami University, Oxford, OH. Screening of applications begins November 5, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Miami University is an EOE/AA employer with smoke-free campuses. Right to Know - Consumer Information http://www.miami.muohio.edu/about-miami/publications-and-policies/student-consumer-info/. Hard copy upon request. Thomas O. Crist Director, Institute for the Environment and Sustainability Professor, Department of Zoology Miami University 254 Upham Hall Oxford, OH 45056 Voice 513-529-5811 Fax 513-529-5814 [email protected] http://www.users.muohio.edu/cristto/ http://www.muohio.edu/ies/
