<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><br></font><div><font color="#000000">The Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University is seeking a Research Associate for the Forest Hydrology and Soils Laboratory. </font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Position Function: <span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The successful candidate will be a member of the professional staff of the Department of Forestry. The primary responsibilities of the successful candidate will be maintaining laboratory equipment and instrumentation, training users on lab equipment and instrumentation, and analyzing soil, water, sediment, or plant tissue samples under the direction of a Department of Forestry faculty member. </span></font></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Essential Duties and Responsibilities</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">:</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span></font></div>
<font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1. Supervise and coordinate the Forest Soils and Hydrology lab in an organized manner including cost accounting, tracking inventory, and purchasing laboratory supplies as needed. </span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2. Operate laboratory equipment under strict quality control/quality assurance standards. Current equipment includes a Perkin Elmer Optima 3200-DV ICP-OES, Dionex DX-500 ion chromatograph, Dionex DX-500 high performance liquid chromatograph, Costech 4010 CHNS dry combustion analyzer, Technicon Autoanalyzer III wet chemistry analyzer, and MARSXpress high pressure microwave digesting system. </span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">3. Analyze soils, water, sediments, or tissue samples using standard methods. </span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">4. Train graduate students and other users of the facilities to operate laboratory equipment and perform standard analyses on soils, water, sediment, or plant tissue samples. </span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">5. Maintain instruments and train students to maintain instruments. </span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">6. Maintain research databases. </span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">7. Maintain inventory of archived soil, water, and sediment. </span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">8. Assist in occasional field work. </span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">9. Help prepare research reports and assist in writing scientific papers. </span><br style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">10. Contribute to the mission of the Department of Forestry as a member of the professional staff.</span></font><div><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(237,237,237)"><font color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000">Minimum Qualifications: </font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Bachelor's degree and experience with analytical laboratory equipment; </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ability to supervise and maintain analytical facilities; </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Experience with data collection, analysis, and management; </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ability to supervise student workers; </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ability to train graduate students and student workers on proper use of laboratory equipment; </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The level of appointment and/or rank and salary will be commensurate with the individual's qualifications, background and experience.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span></span></div>
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">*Applicants interested in part time employment will be considered. </span><div><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
</font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Preferred Qualifications: </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Master's degree in Forestry, Soils, Geoscience, or related discipline. Knowledge of laboratory and field techniques in forest hydrology, forest soils, and geochemistry. Experience writing scientific papers and research proposals </span></span></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Applications must be completed online at <a href="http://www.jobs.msstate.edu">www.jobs.msstate.edu</a>.</span></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><div><font color="#000000"><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">For more information on the position: </font><a href="https://www.jobs.msstate.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1381176816865">https://www.jobs.msstate.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1381176816865</a></font></div>
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