Field technician position in bird-plant interaction study in Puerto Rico The Carlo lab at the Penn State University Biology Department ( http://homes.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/tac17/Site/Welcome.html) seeks to hire a full-time technician to conduct field ecology work in Puerto Rico starting August 1st 2010 and ending May, 2011. Applicants are required to have a bachelor’s degree in Biology, Ecology, or related Life Science field. Experience in tropical bird and plant identification and observation is required. Applicants must be able, to drive manual transmission vehicles, and to be comfortable realizing physically-demanding work. Also, applicants must be self-motivated and able to work independently. Applicants that can communicate in Spanish are preferred, although is not required. Activities include bird behavioral observations, bird censuses, fruiting plant phenology, identification of seeds and seedlings, data entry, tree planting, and soil sampling and processing. Housing will be provided by the project but the successful candidate must be able to make travel arrangements to the site in Puerto Rico.
To apply send a CV, cover letter, and the names and contact information of three references to pitirreagricul...@gmail.com. Thanks, Dr. Mario Flores Mangual
