[Employment] National Ecological Observatory Network - Entomologist Job Opportunity

[Laura Reynolds]

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.) is a nonprofit
science corporation dedicated to understanding how changes in climate, land
use and invasive species impact ecology. Currently under design is the NEON
project - an observatory comprising more than 60 environmental and
biological monitoring locations distributed throughout twenty domains across
the United States, Hawaii, Alaska & Puerto Rico.  These observations and
experiments will be monitored and controlled in real-time from our
headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.  

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

.         Develop and oversee sampling designs to track abundance,
diversity, phenology, and population dynamics of ground-dwelling beetles and
mosquitoes.

.         Develop and oversee NEON invertebrate identification design,
including  DNA barcode libraries for selected taxa.

.         Develop QA/QC protocols for field sampling and data processing.

.         Develop the scientific rationale for scientific measurements and
methods.

 

Education:

.         PhD in ecology, evolution, or related field

 

Experience:

.         5 years research experience (including PhD research) in insect
ecology, specifically related to ground-dwelling beetles or mosquitoes

.         5 years field experience (including PhD research), familiarity
with pitfall trapping methods, mosquito trapping methods, insect
identification, bioarchive collections, and/or DNA barcoding.

.         Experience working in a collaborative scientific enterprise

 

Skills and Abilities:

.         Scientific writing and review 

.         Proficiency in analyses that correlate biological data with
abiotic variables and ability to perform such analyses within a geospatial
framework

.         Ability to work independently, but as part of an active Science
team

.         Strong communication and interpersonal skills

.         Undertake responsibilities beyond those associated with individual
research projects

 

Physical Requirements:

.         The candidate may be exposed to conditions in the field, and
therefore must be able to traverse uneven ground such as dirt banks, stream
beds, and shallow ponds carrying equipment and materials up to 40 lbs. 

 

TO APPLY:

Please send your cover letter and CV/resume to  <mailto:Careers from NeonInc.org>
Careers from NeonInc.org with Entomologist in the subject line.  Applications
will be reviewed beginning June 3, 2009

 

NEON Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, Veterans and
Disabled Persons are encouraged to apply. 

 

 

 

 

Laura Reynolds

Corporate Recruiter 

(National Ecological Observatory Network) NEON, Inc.

720-746-4930

 

www.neoninc.org

 

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