What are the responsibilities and job description for the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Scientist position at Ag Jobs?
The Water Institute is seeking a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Scientist to conduct field, laboratory, and/or modeling work in coastal and deltaic environments with a focus of assessing carbon fluxes in coastal habitats of wetlands, estuaries, and coastal ocean. This position will report to and work closely with Dr. Tim Carruthers, Director of Coastal Ecology. The position works within a dynamic team of natural and social science researchers at The Water Institute to provide technical support in the development and application of quantifying carbon fluxes in Coastal Louisiana to assess how changes in habitats from conversion to open water and restoration will likely alter those carbon fluxes along with performing other coastal carbon tasks. Candidates selected will help conduct field work, prepare samples for analysis, and analyze data to help improve the fluxes of a carbon budget for coastal Louisiana while working closely with partners from academia, industry, and local, state, and regional governments as necessary to generate exemplary, world-class applied research.
We are seeking career scientists that are problem solvers, extremely motivated, able to attract external funding, and are capable of effective cross-disciplinary collaboration. Workload will vary from week to week, and the successful candidates will be flexible, willing to occasionally work evenings, and travel for meetings and conferences. The Institute expects to offer a competitive salary and benefits commensurate with a candidate's skills and experience. This is a full-time exempt position and is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Required qualifications include:
Desired qualifications include:
How to Apply
Interested persons should apply online at The Water Institute of the Gulf's Career Center. Applications should include a cover letter highlighting accomplishments as they relate to the position, a full CV, and PDF copies of representative writing (e.g., thesis or peer-reviewed publications).
We are seeking career scientists that are problem solvers, extremely motivated, able to attract external funding, and are capable of effective cross-disciplinary collaboration. Workload will vary from week to week, and the successful candidates will be flexible, willing to occasionally work evenings, and travel for meetings and conferences. The Institute expects to offer a competitive salary and benefits commensurate with a candidate's skills and experience. This is a full-time exempt position and is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Required qualifications include:
- PhD with one post doc or 2 years of work experience in oceanography, coastal or aquatic ecology, limnology, environmental science, wetland ecology or other ecology-related field - and proven experience in GHG science
- Experience with GHG towers and/or chambers and/or other measurement approaches
- Excellent written skills, ability to describe highly technical information clearly (including writing technical reports, non-technical summaries, and publishing in peer-reviewed scientific journals)
- Strong oral communication skills for discussing highly technical concepts to diverse audiences (including oral presentations at project meetings and scientific conferences; discussions at stakeholder meetings)
- Ability to work harmoniously in a collaborative research team is crucial
- Pro-active attitude to problem solving, ability to work independently, and self-motivated
Desired qualifications include:
- Knowledge and experience with data analysis and interpretation using statistical techniques with Matlab, R, SAS, etc.
- Experience with integrated models, GIS, and high-performance computing are considered a plus
- Understanding of current scientific literature related to carbon cycling of coastal ecosystems
- Strong project management and time management skills
- Identify and assist with acquisition of funding from public, private, and federal sources
- Field work experience in estuaries including the use of small boats
- Expertise in coastal carbon cycling, including assessing carbon fluxes and stocks coastal habitats
- Experience working with analytical frameworks (e.g., box models)
- Strong quantitative skills and experience with numerical models and scientific programming is advantageous, particularly with Fortran and analysis tools such as Matlab, Python, or Julia. Experience with modeling of coastal hydrology, wetland, and/or coastal estuaries (such as Delft 3D, FVCOM and SCHISM) is preferred
How to Apply
Interested persons should apply online at The Water Institute of the Gulf's Career Center. Applications should include a cover letter highlighting accomplishments as they relate to the position, a full CV, and PDF copies of representative writing (e.g., thesis or peer-reviewed publications).
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