[ES_JOBS_NET] Staff Research Associate at UC Davis Air Quality Research Center

[Katrine A Gorham]

Open until March 5.
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STAFF RESESARCH ASSOCIATE (SRA II)
Salary: $22.57-$28.63/hr

Department Description:
The UC Davis Air Quality Research Center (AQRC) is a growing interdisciplinary Organized Research Unit (ORU). Its mission is to facilitate research on the scientific, engineering, health, social and economic aspects of gaseous and particulate atmospheric pollutants. The Center currently manages a number of different research projects including a five-year, $8 million award through the Environmental Protection Agency. It also sponsors a comprehensive program of conferences and seminars.

Location: Davis, CA

Job Summary:
Under general supervision of the Data & Reporting Manager process, validate, and analyze particulate matter measurement data. Responsibilities include (1) development and application of data quality control criteria, (2) handling and validation of large datasets using custom software, relational database, and programming tools, and (3) analysis and exploration of data.

Minimum Qualifications:

-       Bachelor's Degree in physical sciences or engineering including coursework in inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, statistics, and calculus.

-       Experience working with environmental measurements, particularly air quality measurements.

-       Experience identifying patterns in data and advancing possible explanations for the patterns that are consistent, meticulous, methodical, and detail-oriented.

-       Experience synthesizing large amounts of data into meaningful reports or statistics to identify patterns and outliers.

-       Knowledge and experience with mathematical and statistical concepts such as logarithms, distributions, and linear regression.

-       Experience with computer programming particularly R and Structured Query Language.

-       Interpersonal and communication skills to clearly, diplomatically and effectively interact with individuals of varying perspectives and backgrounds to research and secure information, resolve problems, and coordinate projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

-       Master's Degree in physical sciences or engineering preferred.

-       Experience in the routine operations of a Relational Database Management System.

-       Experience working in a laboratory and/or field environment.
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