Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research
School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
Job Summary
The Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) is looking for a candidate to join our research team working on food web ecology in the Great Lakes. The Food Web Laboratory Analyst will perform field sampling and laboratory analyses related to zooplankton, larval fish and Mysis ecology in the Great Lakes. Routine tasks assigned to you will include: (1) assisting aboard research cruises (net tows, sample processing, acoustics instrumentation), (2) sorting organisms within samples, (3) performing quantification of zooplankton, mussel veligers, and larval fish; (4) processing fisheries acoustics data, and 5) data analysis.
The appointment will be with CIGLR, which is part of the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. CIGLR is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and NOAA that brings together experts from academia and government research labs to press problems facing the Great Lakes region. You will spend the majority of your time at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) in Ann Arbor.
Responsibilities
● Implement routine laboratory operations including sorting, identification, enumeration, and measurement of zooplankton and larval fish
● Process acoustics data
● Maintain datasets, laboratory records, sample inventories, and standard operating procedures
● Participate as team member on multi-day cruises to conduct surveys on the Great Lakes
● Organize and analyze data from field collections, instrumentation, and laboratory analyses
Required Qualifications
● A Bachelor’s degree in ecology, limnology, oceanography, or aquatic environmental science
● One or more years of experience working in an environmental research laboratory
● Experience analyzing zooplankton, larval fish samples, and fisheries digital signal processing using Echoview software in a laboratory setting
● Experience conducting field-intensive research
● Ability to focus on details and ensure accuracy
● Ability to work both in a collaborative environment and independently
● Ability to communicate and work effectively with diverse constituents and colleagues
Desired Qualifications
● Master’s degree
● Demonstrated experience contributing to peer-reviewed papers
● Experience working on research vessels in large bodies of water under various weather conditions
● Experience with identification of zooplankton and fishes in the Great lakes, including estimating daily age growth of larval fish
● Experience working with relational databases to organize results and R for data visualization and analysis
For more information and to apply, visit https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/201982/food_web_laboratory_analyst
The application deadline is September 2, 2021.