Research Internship Opportunity

Internship opportunity to gain water quality field and laboratory experience supporting Waquoit Bay Reserve’s System Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP)

Waquoit Bay Reserve Foundation is seeking an intern to assist the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve’s (WBNERR) research department and gain valuable research and monitoring experience. This internship will assist the Research Associate with the collection and processing of water samples for nutrient and pigment (chlorophyll) assessment, assist with water quality data entry and QA/QC, and perform limited amounts of data analysis. The intern will also assist with cleaning and preparing materials for WBNERR’s water quality monitoring programs and with upkeep of a meteorological station. Furthermore, this intern will assist in maintaining lab and field equipment as well as various aspects of the research laboratory. Training and mentorship will be provided by the WBNERR research staff. By the end of this internship, the successful intern will gain valuable skills in:

Water quality monitoring
Taking care of lab equipment
How to work in a lab setting and adhere to set protocols and data quality control practices
Field sampling
Understanding how a long-term monitoring program works and examples within the NERRS
Hours: Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours/week

Duration: October 21, 2024 – December 20, 2024

Salary: $22/hour

To Apply: Send a cover letter and résumé to Theo Collins, at theophilos.j.collins@mass.gov, by October 10, 2024.

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

131 Waquoit Highway

Waquoit, MA 02536

www.waquoitbayreserve.org

For more information, contact Theo Collins at theophilos.j.collins@mass.gov.

Herpetologist Wanted!!!

Come join our team in Milwaukee! The Gamble Lab at Marquette University is hiring a Research/Animal Care Technician. Duties include lizard & snake husbandry; sample collection & curation; & data management – email w/questions: tgamble@geckoevolution.org

Information about the Gamble at Marquette University can be found here:
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Tony Gamble, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Marquette University
Milwaukee WI 53201
E-mail: tgamble@geckoevolution.org
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We’re recruiting graduate students to the Layton Lab at the University of Toronto! We’re broadly interested in molluscan systematics, evolution and genomics and we work on a number of different systems and questions spanning both micro and macroevolutionary scales. For detailed information about our research, please see here: https://www.laytonlab.com/

Grad students will be part of the vibrant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at the University of Toronto. Please see their website

(https://eeb.utoronto.ca/education/graduate/ for more information about the department.

Applicants should send along a CV, a brief statement (max 250 words) describing their research interests and motivation for pursuing graduate studies and unofficial transcripts by November 1st for full consideration (kara.layton@utoronto.ca).  Our group welcomes, supports and encourages diversity in academia so please don’t hesitate to ask how my supervisory approach, and the research group more broadly, can best meet your needs.

Anticipated start date of September 2025 but early admission may be possible.

Please see the research assistant posting through the Chicago Botanic

Garden below and feel free to share.

Application link:

https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=21ef98a3-d325-4110-a85a-7729320b6f80&ccId=19000101_000001&lang=en_US&jobId=9201728462976_1&&source=EN

Thank you,

Alicia

Title: Research Assistant

Position Overview:

The person in this seasonal (nine-month), part-time (29 hours per week)

research assistant position will work with a collaborative team that seeks

to understand the diverse relationships between plants and microbes through

data synthesis and data science methods. This project aims to provide

generalities on the ecological outcomes to contribute to plant restoration

and agricultural knowledge. The research assistant will primarily be

responsible for screening relevant literature on plant-microbe

relationships, extracting data from literature to contribute to a database,

and data visualization. This work is remote, but the research assistant

will be expected to report in-person once every three weeks if located

within a 20-mile radius of the Chicago Botanic Garden’s main campus in

Glencoe, Illinois. Meetings will be between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST during

the work week.

Responsibilities

In this role you will be responsible for the following:

   – Evaluate and filter literature that the team has previously gathered

   – Extract and clean quantitative data from primary literature using R

   tidyverse packages

   – Extract and clean qualitative data from primary literature using

   packages such as metaDigitise or juicr

   – Visualize data using R

   – Attend monthly team meetings

   – Attend weekly Restoration and Conservation lab meetings

   – Deliver team reports via PowerPoint every two months

   – Meet weekly with supervisors and provide progress updates

   – Employ reproducible data practices such as with GitHub

   – Assist with developing a pipeline for automated or semi-automated

   qualitative data extraction

   – The research assistant may be asked to support with other similar NRR

   trait synthesis projects

Chicago Botanic Garden Values & Behaviors:

VALUES

*As an organization, we prioritize a culture of GROWTH.

BEHAVIORS

*As an organization, w commit to remaining curious in how we approach our work.

   – Create and maintain spaces for learning.

   – Test new ideas and are willing to take risks to achieve our vision.

   – Collaborate to strengthen our skills and impact.

   – Demonstrate perseverance and humility as we work toward our long-term

   impact.

Seek to UNDERSTAND.

We seek to understand others from their perspective.

   – Provide opportunities for input and feedback from others.

   – Actively listen to all points of view.

   – Consider individual’s lived experiences.

   – Advocate for and protect time for reflection especially during times

   of conflict or confusion.

See one another through a lens of RESILIENCE.

We believe that all individuals can experience good outcomes with support.

   – Give others the space to balance work and personal needs.

   – Support others and demonstrate empathy especially during challenging

   and stressful times.

   – Seek opportunities to learn from and about one another.

   – Ask questions about and anticipate the needs of others.

Build TRUST through TRANSPARENCY.

We hold ourselves and others accountable by centering decision making that

honors all people.

   – Communicate information in a timely manner.

   – Provide clarity in complex situations with the goal of common

   understanding.

   – Discuss both positive and negative outcomes openly.

   – Evaluate the impacts of our actions.

 

Qualifications

Our ideal candidate will have the following:

   – Three years of undergraduate experience

   – Access to a computer and internet for virtual team meetings and data

   collection

   – Ability to perform repetitive computer-based tasks, including reading

   and cleaning and processing large amounts of data from multiple sources

   – Ability to work independently and collaboratively (experience on at

   least one collaborative team)

   – Ability to keep detailed and well-organized records

   – Three years of R experience including creating functions, regex, and

   using tidyverse packages including stringr and dplyr

   – Two years of data manipulation experience

   – One years of Excel experience

   – One year experience reading scientific literature

   – Experience in research summary and having conducted at least one

   literature review, annotated bibliography, or synthesis

Physical Demands:

Office setting. Frequent sitting, looking at a computer screen, and

keyboard use. Use of office equipment including computers, and telephones,

copiers, and scanners.

Why Apply?

Come work in a setting that is like no other as you support our mission:

We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life. Take the first

step toward being one of the employees who make the Garden one of the

treasures of the Forest Preserves of Cook County. Apply today. Please note

that applicants who do not meet the required qualifications will not be

considered.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any

employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age,

national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a

veteran, or basis of disability, or any other federal, state, or local

protected class.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general

nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this

classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all

responsibilities and qualifications required of personnel so classified.

In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the

Chicago Botanic Garden does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its

programs or activities, including in employment or admissions. Please call

(847) 835-8264 to contact our Title IX Coordinator should you have

questions or concerns. Please do not call this number to inquire about job

postings or the status of your application, or with solicitations from

companies or third-party recruiters.

The Dorgan lab recently moved to University of Texas Marine Science Institute, and we are recruiting graduate students, postdocs, and a post-BS level technician.

Research in the lab integrates ecology, biomechanics (including engineering theory and methods), and invertebrate behavior, morphology and physiology with engineering theory and methods, including development of new instrumentation. We are looking for enthusiastic students with research experience, ideally with invertebrates, and strong quantitative skills. Experience in programming in Matlab, R, and/or Arduino is desired but not required. Our interdisciplinary approach to science benefits from a lab group with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experience. Students with strong backgrounds in biology or marine science who also have expertise in other sciences (math, physics/engineering, geology, etc.), creative writing or arts, or technical skills (workshop, electronics, etc.) are especially encouraged to apply.

https://polychaetes.weebly.com/joinourlab.html

Two funded (tuition and stipend) M.S. positions have become available in the Bentley Lab at Sonoma State University starting in Spring 2025 (applications due Oct 31, 2024).

Students will work on grant-funded projects related to remote sensing (terrestrial laser scanning) of forests in Northern CA to investigate effects of forest management and wildfire on forest structure, carbon accounting and modeling of future wildfire risk.

Those who are interested should email Dr. Bentley (lisa.bentley@sonoma.edu) with a CV and description of: 1) research interests, 2) experience with field work and 3) skills related to spatial data processing, modeling, or coding (e.g., ArcGIS, R, python, TreeQSM, etc) to discuss the position before applying. It is possible that these positions can be deferred to Fall 2025 (applications due Jan 15, 2025).

The Mamoozadeh Lab at North Carolina State University (NC State) is accepting applications for a MSc or PhD student to begin August 2025 (fall semester). The Mamoozadeh Lab leverages genomics and bioinformatics to explore questions related to the ecology and evolutionary biology of aquatic species, particularly fishes of conservation or management concern. Research themes representative of the lab include exploring how genetic diversity is distributed across space and time, evaluating the role of climate and other landscape features in shaping adaptation, and assessing the effectiveness or likely impact of management actions. This research is often conducted in close collaboration with state and federal fisheries management agencies. Students work in lab and field environments, and build transferable skills in creativity, leadership, and communication, as well as highly marketable skills in field biology, genetics/genomics, and bioinformatics. The Mamoozadeh Lab is housed within the Department of Applied Ecology at NC State (https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/), which also houses the USGS Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and the USGS North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, offering abundant opportunities for integrative and applied research in fisheries contexts. The selected applicant will work directly with Dr. Nadya Mamoozadeh on the NC State campus located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Qualifications: Applicants should have a BSc degree in the field of biology, ecology, evolution, environmental science, fisheries, natural resources, genetics/genomics, bioinformatics, or a related field. The selected applicant will be expected to develop and lead independent research in the fields of fish ecology, conservation genomics, and fisheries management. Prior molecular lab experience is strongly preferred, as well as quantitative skills (such as in R or bioinformatic analyses), or at least an authentic interest in developing these skills. Field experience will be viewed as a plus. Competitive candidates will have strong communication and leadership skills, as well as the ability to work independently. We are a very interactive lab and are looking for an enthusiastic scientist who cares about fisheries conservation and management. We are also a lab that celebrates diversity and inclusion, and we warmly invite lab members to contribute to this culture.

Support: Students in the Mamoozadeh Lab receive a stipend, tuition, and health insurance, as well as support for professional travel. This support may come through a mix of teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and other sources.

How to Apply: Interested students should email the following to Dr. Nadya Mamoozadeh (nmamoozadeh@gmail.com) as a single PDF and using the subject line Fisheries Genomics Student

1)      Brief cover letter describing research interests, accomplishments, career goals, and how working in the Mamoozadeh Lab will help you achieve these goals

2)      Resume/CV

3)      Unofficial transcripts

4)      Writing sample (e.g., published paper, manuscript in preparation, MSc or undergraduate thesis, or research paper or essay from a relevant course)

5)      Names and email addresses for three professional references

Applications should be received before 25 October 2024 to receive full consideration. Top candidates will be invited to discuss their qualifications and interests in a virtual interview. This informal selection process will be completed before the deadline for the official NC State graduate school application, which is 15 January 2025.

Inquiries: Informal inquiries to learn more about the position are welcomed (but not required) and should be sent to the email listed above.

The Wilder lab at Oklahoma State University is searching for a MS or PhD student to work on an NSF funded project studying the nutritional ecology of sexual cannibalism in spiders. The overall goal of the project is to identify if there are nutrients concentrated in the male spider body that act as a dietary supplement to cannibalistic females and enhance the success of their offspring. This project will involve fieldwork collecting large numbers of spiders, and laboratory experiments testing how cannibalism and various nutrient manipulations affect offspring production. The position will be funded through a combination of teaching and research assistantships. The start date is either the summer or fall of 2025.

The successful candidate should have:

–       a strong interest in working with spiders,

–       prior research experience either as an undergraduate or MS student,

–       the ability to work independently in the field and laboratory, and

–       strong writing skills.

To apply, please send the following items as a single pdf to Dr. Shawn Wilder (shawn.wilder@okstate.edu): (1) a current CV, (2) a statement on why you are interested in this position and your future career plans, (3) contact information for 3 references, and (4) unofficial copies of your transcripts.

The Mamoozadeh Lab at North Carolina State University (NC State) is
accepting applications for a MSc or PhD student to begin August 2025
(fall semester). The Mamoozadeh Lab leverages genomics and bioinformatics
to explore questions related to the ecology and evolutionary biology
of aquatic species, particularly fishes of conservation or management
concern. Research themes representative of the lab include exploring how
genetic diversity is distributed across space and time, evaluating the
role of climate and other landscape features in shaping adaptation,
and assessing the effectiveness or likely impact of management
actions. This research is often conducted in close collaboration with
state and federal fisheries management agencies. Students work in lab
and field environments, and build transferable skills in creativity,
leadership, and communication, as well as highly marketable skills in
field biology, genetics/genomics, and bioinformatics. The Mamoozadeh
Lab is housed within the Department of Applied Ecology at NC State
(https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcals.ncsu.edu%2Fapplied-ecology%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ceric.schultz%40uconn.edu%7Cf4379977ccc04f57264b08dcdac2525f%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638625775383076409%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Vj0J88QEje6V21QjtVqwz7jedtzsMHZuihk%2Bzs9mADg%3D&reserved=0), which also houses the
USGS Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and the USGS North
Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, offering abundant
opportunities for integrative and applied research in fisheries
contexts. The selected applicant will work directly with Dr. Nadya
Mamoozadeh on the NC State campus located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Qualifications: Applicants should have a BSc degree in the field of
biology, ecology, evolution, environmental science, fisheries, natural
resources, genetics/genomics, bioinformatics, or a related field. The
selected applicant will be expected to develop and lead independent
research in the fields of fish ecology, conservation genomics, and
fisheries management. Prior molecular lab experience is strongly
preferred, as well as quantitative skills (such as in R or bioinformatic
analyses), or at least an authentic interest in developing these skills.
Field experience will be viewed as a plus. Competitive candidates will
have strong communication and leadership skills, as well as the ability
to work independently. We are a very interactive lab and are looking for
an enthusiastic scientist who cares about fisheries conservation and
management. We are also a lab that celebrates diversity and inclusion,
and we warmly invite lab members to contribute to this culture.

Support: Students in the Mamoozadeh Lab receive a stipend, tuition,
and health insurance, as well as support for professional travel. This
support may come through a mix of teaching assistantships, research
assistantships, and other sources.

How to Apply: Interested students should email the following to Dr.
Nadya Mamoozadeh (nmamoozadeh@gmail.com) as a single PDF and using the
subject line ?Fisheries Genomics Student?:
1) Brief cover letter describing research interests,
  accomplishments, career goals, and how working in the Mamoozadeh
  Lab will help you achieve these goals
2) Resume/CV
3) Unofficial transcripts
4) Writing sample (e.g., published paper, manuscript in
  preparation, MSc or undergraduate thesis, or research paper or
  essay from a relevant course)
5) Names and email addresses for three professional references

Applications should be received before 25 October 2024 to receive
full consideration. Top candidates will be invited to discuss their
qualifications and interests in a virtual interview.  This informal
selection process will be completed before the deadline for the official
NC State graduate school application, which is 15 January 2025.

Inquiries: Informal inquiries to learn more about the position are
welcomed (but not required) and should be sent to the email listed above.