The Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory is seeking applicants for two full-time, year-round Research Assistants. This position is funded in part through federally funded grants in soil warming experiments at the Harvard Forest in central Massachusetts. These experiments are part of a long-term study investigating the effects of climate change on carbon and nitrogen cycling in a norther temperate forest. A new soil and air warming experiment is also fully operational. The Research Assistants will work on both the soil warming and air and soil warming experiments.
Duties include on-site assistance in the operation and maintenance of a large air and soil warming experiment, which uses open-top chambers to study the effects of warming on various aspects of tree recruitment. Maintenance of two existing long term soil warming experiments, sampling of trace gases, soil, and vegetation for chemical analysis, laboratory analysis of samples, data management and analysis and participation in the writing of scientific papers. College graduate with a Bachelors (Research Assistant I) or Masters (Research Assistant II) degree in Ecological science. Strong math and statistical skills, attention to detail, experience in independent research and coursework with laboratory and field components. Applicant must be comfortable with electric circuitry and be able to operate chemical analytical equipment including autoanalyzer, CHN analyzer and gas chromatograph. To apply, go to: https://mbl.simplehire.com/postings/2009 For more information, contact Rose Smith, rsm...@mbl.edu
