STREON Aquatic Ecologist position with the Aquatic Group at the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON).
http://www.neoninc.org/about/careers/staff-scientist-streon-aquatic-ecologist Job Summary The STREON Scientist will be part of an Aquatic/STREON Team that is responsible for developing a national program to assess physical, chemical, and biological changes in streams and lakes over 30 years. The Team currently defines the measurements and designs, document field and lab methods, algorithms for QA/QC, and train personnel in order to produce high quality data products for the research, education, and decision making community. Specifically, the STREON Scientist is responsible for development, documentation and implementation of detailed sampling designs and analytical protocols of the STREON experiment. This position will require collaboration with the NEON Engineering Team for development and engineering-level documentation of the experiment components (nutrient addition station, in-situ baskets, recirculation chambers, flumes, predator-exclusion system). The position will co-develop and document sampling designs and audit procedures for aquatic flora and fauna and freshwater chemistry, in conjunction with the Aquatic Team. As STREON is the first Observatory experiment, the STREON Scientist will play a key role in communications with the STREON Technical Working Group and the larger stream community. The STREON Scientist will work with an interdisciplinary team of ecologists, engineers, and other scientists to design, develop, test, and implement statistically valid protocols to produce data products that will enable researchers to investigate the impact of climate change, land-use change, invasive species, and unsustainable water use on freshwater ecosystems of North America. This position requires a broad experience base in freshwater ecology, including experience and knowledge of biogeochemical cycles of streams, isotopic chemistry, biodiversity, foodweb response to nutrient enrichment, the role of microbes in detrital-based foodwebs, and regime and state shift theory in aquatic systems. Further, experience in programming languages such as R or Matlab is a benefit. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of research and leadership experience beyond the PhD.
