Woodwell Climate Research Center

Research Scientist

• Join Woodwell’s Evolving Meta-Ecosystems (EvoME) project as a Temporary Summer Research Assistant in stream ecosystem ecology contributing to the EvoME Institute
• Work both independently and collaboratively as a field team leader with EvoME Institution PIs, students, and other researchers to complete fieldwork, process samples, and enter, manage, analyze and interpret and and write journal articles
• Develop and manage databases and workflows across multiple collaborating institutions for the collection, sharing and archiving the data collected by the institute
• Communicate well both verbally and in writing to non-science audiences
• The fieldwork involves collection of ecological, genetic, and species trait data and samples across a 300 mile latitudinal gradient in Arctic Alaska, including vegetation, soil, water, terrestrial and aquatic organisms, and environmental data, identifying aquatic and terrestrial organisms, assessing and monitoring species traits, collecting genetic samples, and completing environmental field surveys
• Assists in project planning, supervise and schedule work of other assistants or interns and provide mentorship, required