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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Fisheries Research
Technician Position in the Department of Biology at East
Carolina University </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Position Description</span></u><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">: The Asch Fisheries
Oceanography Lab (</span><a href="http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/biology/Rebecca_Asch.cfm" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/biology/Rebecca_Asch.cfm</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">) at East Carolina
University (ECU) is seeking to hire a research technician for a
full-time, temporary position. </span>The technician will be
involved in two research projects. Approximately, 75% of the
technician’s time will be spent on a project funded by the North
Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries focused on identifying the
offshore migration corridor and spawning grounds of southern
flounder (<i>Paralichthys lethostigma</i>). A team of researchers
at ECU, along with collaborators at the University of North
Carolina-Wilmington and North Carolina State University, will
undertake a multi-pronged approach to answer this question. The
technician will play a lead role in aging larval southern flounder
based on daily otolith growth increments. The technician will work
closely with other Asch lab personnel to utilize data on larvae
ages to run a larval dispersal model to back calculate the
potential spawning locations from which these fishes originated.
The technician will also work with a team of ECU researchers from
multiple labs to tag adult southern flounder prior to the start of
their offshore migration. The technician will be involved in
fieldwork deploying and maintaining acoustic receivers to track
tagged fishes and utilizing a wave glider equipped with additional
acoustic receivers to follow the location of tagged fishes. If
candidate spawning grounds are successful located, the technician
will assist this research team in conducting surveys to confirm
spawning activity. Using data from these surveys, the technician
will sort plankton samples and use DNA barcoding to confirm the
occurrence of southern flounder eggs and will use histology to
assess the reproductive state of fishes caught near the potential
spawning grounds.<u><span style="background:lime;mso-highlight:lime"></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Approximately 25% of this technician’s time
will be spent on a second project where the Asch Lab is partnering
with the Beaufort, North Carolina branch of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to expand the Beaufort Inlet
Ichthyoplankton Sampling Program (BIISP). BIISP has been
collecting weekly ichthyoplankton samples at Beaufort Inlet during
fall through spring months since the year 1987, making it the
longest continuously operating ichthyoplankton time series on the
east coast of the U.S. This time series has the potential to
provide valuable information on how local fish communities are
responding to climate variability and climate change. We have
expanded the BIISP time series by lengthening the duration of the
sampling season so that it is year round, as well as by collecting
weekly mesozooplankton samples and conducting YSI profiles of
temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, and fluorescence.
Together with other members of the Asch lab and NOAA, the
technician will be responsible for traveling to Beaufort once a
week, collecting the enhanced BIISP samples, and recording and
transcribing YSI water quality measurements. Since larval fish are
capable of avoiding capture by plankton nets during the day, all
sampling will be conducted at night and will be timed to coincide
with tidal fluctuations. During time periods when fieldwork is not
underway for the southern flounder project, this technician will
help process ichthyoplankton and zooplankton samples collected by
BIISP. Mesozooplankton samples will be analyzed using a ZooScan
system (<a href="http://www.hydroptic.com/zooscan.html)" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.hydroptic.com/zooscan.html)</a>
and Ecotaxa software, which is used to image a subsample of
zooplankton and then apply a machine learning algorithm to
semi-automatically identify taxa. The technician may also help
sort and identify species from BIISP samples of larval and
juvenile fishes collected during summer months.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lastly, it is expected that this technician
will take on some duties associated with lab management including
training students in lab protocols, helping to order lab supplies,
assuring compliance with lab safety regulations, and maintaining
the lab in clean and functioning order. The successful candidate
for this position will also be encouraged to take on additional
roles associated with statistical analysis of data, preparation of
manuscripts for publication, and the presentation of results at
scientific conferences. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">This
will initially be a one-year position, with the potential for
renewal contingent upon available funding and satisfactory
performance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">We
aim to have the selected candidate start work in early June.
However, given the COVID-19 pandemic, the starting date for this
position is flexible and may depend on university priorities for
critical and non-critical research during the pandemic.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Located
in Greenville, North Carolina, ECU seeks to create an
environment that fosters the recruitment and retention of a
diverse student body, faculty, staff and administration and
works to increase diversity and access to higher education for
groups underrepresented in the sciences by building an
environment that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for
diversity. East Carolina University is an equal opportunity and
affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to their
race/ethnicity, color, genetic information, national origin,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age,
disability, political affiliation, or veteran status.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><u>Minimum
Education/Experience</u><b>:</b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>B.S.
degree in marine science, biology, ecology, oceanography, natural
resource management, or similar fields. Must have taken at least
some coursework in marine ecology.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:
auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Ability
to drive state owned vehicles, conduct ecological fieldwork in wet
and occasionally uncomfortable conditions at night-time, and carry
field equipment weighing up to ~30 lbs.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Independent
self-starter who is excited to learn new skills and has the
ability to problem shoot technical challenges.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:1"><u>Preferred
Experience, Skills, Training/Education:</u></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Masters
of science degree in marine science, biology, ecology,
oceanography, natural resource management, or similar fields. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:
auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>1-2
years of experience at the post-baccalaureate level working in a
lab focused on conducting marine ecological or fisheries research.
</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:
auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Previous
experience examining fish otoliths, tagging fishes, collecting and
processing ichthyoplankton and zooplankton samples in marine and
estuarine environments, operating a ZooScan, and/or modeling
larval dispersal. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:
auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Experience
operating small boats. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:
auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Experience
analyzing data with MATLAB or R. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Has
written and published scientific manuscripts and has presented
scientific results at conferences.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Salary</span></u><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">: While this is an
hourly position, we anticipate that the salary for this hire
will be approximately $31,200 per year. The exact annual salary
will vary depending on the level of experience and hours worked.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Application
Instructions</span></u><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">: The full job
announcement and instructions for applying to this position are
available: </span><a href="https://ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/35046" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/35046</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">. Please submit a CV,
cover letter, and list of references to Ms. Jennifer B. Jacobs
at </span><a href="mailto:jacobsje15@ecu.edu" moz-do-not-send="true">jacobsje15@ecu.edu</a><span style="color:black; mso-themecolor:text1">. This position will
be open for applications through April 30, 2020. Please contact
Dr. Rebecca Asch (</span><a href="mailto:aschr16@ecu.edu)" moz-do-not-send="true">aschr16@ecu.edu)</a><span style="color:black; mso-themecolor:text1"> regarding any
questions that you may have about this posting.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
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Dr. Rebecca G. Asch
Assistant Professor of Fisheries Biology
Sloan Foundation Research Fellow in Ocean Sciences
Pronouns: she/her/hers
East Carolina University
Department of Biology, Mail Stop 551
Howell Science Complex, Office S408
1000 East 5th Street
Greenville, NC 27858
Office phone: +1 252 328-6307
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:aschr16@ecu.edu" moz-do-not-send="true">aschr16@ecu.edu</a></pre>
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