Technician position at Coastal Fisheries & Seascape Ecology labs at Florida International University, in Miami, FL Start date: February 2025
Duration: 1 year & renewable upon funding & performance Salary: Starting at $ 18/hr About the position: We seek a motivated professional who is passionate about coastal ecology. Research will focus on interconnections among coastal habitats, prey resources, and recreational fish movement and foraging throughout Biscayne Bay, the Everglades, and the Florida Keys using a variety of techniques, including remote sensing, fisheries-independent monitoring, stable isotope analysis, and acoustic telemetry. We are seeking a team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our diverse and interdisciplinary Miami-based team. About expected duties: The technician will: 1) lead field campaigns (e.g., mapping and seagrass sampling, fish and invertebrate sampling, fish tagging, and maintaining and downloading acoustic telemetry equipment), 2) participate in lab activities, including sample processing (seagrass and faunal samples for community assessments and stable isotope analysis), and 3) participate in data management (e.g., data entry, QA/QC, exploratory analysis of remotely sensed, seagrass, benthic community and movement data). About preferred qualifications: Applicants with a Bachelors or Masters degree in the fields of marine, coastal, benthic, freshwater or fisheries ecology are encouraged to apply. Extensive boating and field experience, including leading field crews, are preferred. Prior experience with field sampling techniques, acoustic telemetry and scientific diving are a plus. Sample processing skills are expected, especially regarding the assessment of benthic and nektonic communities and their biochemical characteristics (prior experience with processing stable isotopes preferred but not required). Experience working with dataset processing and curation (data entry, QA/QC, wrangling) and with exploratory analysis techniques using R are also preferred. To apply: Please email Dr. Jenn Rehage<https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&view_op=list_works&gmla=AC6lMd8pe5lMIwebbK2vDA0aqCLN30vyKodcfhdsGPY-PPbeXqqJwSTPHFdhi01ixFJhs0tkJ4z6oR0OlyRePA&user=X9VfvfIAAAAJ> at reha...@fiu.edu<mailto:reha...@fiu.edu> and Dr. Rolando Santos<https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=SkxIVFAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate> rsant...@fiu.edu<mailto:rsant...@fiu.edu> with the subject line Technician 2025 + your name.’ In your email, please include (as a single PDF): * Cover letter describing experience, interests & expertise relevant to the position * CV with list of 3 references About our labs: We are an energetic team of ecologists interested in understanding how coastal processes, habitat change and fauna and fisheries respond to such change by studying seascape and the movement and trophic ecology of coastal fauna. Our sister labs are led by Dr. Jenn Rehage, a fish ecologist, and Dr. Rolando O. Santos, a seascape ecologist. Our approach to tackling research focuses on both understanding process and pattern, and we thrive in conducting studies that blend these to inform management, conservation, and restoration efforts in partnership with stakeholders, coproducing science that is both fundamental and actionable. We are part of a highly collaborative South Florida research community composed of scientists, and federal, state, private partners, and stakeholders (see http://fcelter.fiu.edu/ and https://crestcache.fiu.edu/). About our university: F<https://www.fiu.edu/>lorida International U<https://www.fiu.edu/>niversity is Miami's public research university and Florida’s youngest preeminent universities, and one of the youngest R1 research universities (highest research activity) in the US. FIU is also the largest majority-minority serving institution in the country, and ranked the second most impactful university in the nation, the No. 3 best public university in the US, and among the top 20 public universities contributing to the public good. Jonathan Rodemann, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate Coastal Fisheries Research Lab Santos Seascape Ecology Lab Institute of Environment Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33199 Phone: (908) 531-2632 http://myweb.fiu.edu/rehagej/ https://environment.fiu.edu<https://environment.fiu.edu/> To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://community.esa.org/confirm/?u=RhPWqPxFwODKvbkiT32nkIqRrsiSgulp
