[MARMAM] Dolphin acoustic job opening in Maryland, USA

[Testa, Jamie]

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES),
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL), is accepting applications for a
full-time analyst for dolphin and porpoise calls and processing of audio
recordings from offshore of Ocean City, Maryland in support of a impact
study of the imminent MARWIN Offshore Windfarm (US Wind). This position is
a 1-year Faculty Research Assistant II position, renewable for up to 6
years, to evaluate dolphin and porpoise occurrence within the Southern
Mid-Atlantic Bight.

Duties include: post-hoc review of audio recordings for dolphin calls and
other ambient sounds, analyzing seasonal and inter-annual detections of
dolphins and porpoises from click detections recorded on Chelonia F-POD
devices, participation in project team meetings and field work, and
contributing to report writing and manuscripts. Applicants should have
experience with cetacean bioacoustics, including skills with Chelonia
C-PODs or F-PODs, statistics and coding in R, and the acoustics programs
Raven and Pamguard.

Applicants must live within daily commuting distance to Solomons, Maryland,
USA for team meetings; teleworking can be accommodated. Salary is dependent
upon qualifications and experience. *Applications are due October 23, 2022.
Anticipated start date is January 2023*. The full job posting and
application port can be found here:
https://umces.peopleadmin.com/postings/1611. Questions about the position
can be sent to Dr. David Secor (se...@umces.edu), Project Manager of
TAILWINDS (https://tail-winds.github.io/).


*Jamie Clare Testa*

Project Coordinator for Chesapeake DolphinWatch
 & Wave of Plastic


Faculty Research Assistant at University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science- Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (UMCES CBL
)

jcte...@umces.edu
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[MARMAM] Chesapeake DolphinWatch seeks part-time volunteer in Maryland, USA

[Testa, Jamie]

We are currently searching for a Volunteer Research Assistant to assist
with a citizen scientist project called Chesapeake DolphinWatch (
www.umces.edu/dolphinwatch) at the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science (UMCES), Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) in
Solomons, Maryland, U.S.A. This position is for approximately 20 hours per
week for 3 months with the possibility of extension. Duties will include
dolphin data verification, data analysis, managing app software, hydrophone
retrievals and deployments, and interacting with citizen scientists via
email and social media. The project involves the use of C-POD click
detectors therefore experience with these devices, or similar types, will
be preferable. Applicants should be familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel.
Experience with working with citizen scientists, marine mammals, and sound
analysis is desirable. The ability to format and analyze data in Excel or
the R software package and perform GIS mapping is also preferable. For more
details, please contact the project coordinator, Jamie Testa (
jcte...@umces.edu). Minimum requirement is a B.S. degree with at least 3
months research experience. This volunteer position is unpaid. Anticipated
start date is 20 September 2019. Applications should include a cover
letter, CV, and the names and contact information of three references
(including email and phone) to be received by 7 September 2019 by email to
dolphinwatc...@umces.edu with CDW-VOL in the subject line.
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*Jamie C. Testa*

Chesapeake DolphinWatch Project Coordinator
 & Research Assistant

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

jcte...@umces.edu

www.umces.edu/dolphinwatch
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