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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Project Technician<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Starting Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> September 15 – 30, 2022;
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application Due:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">August 10, 2022<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Position</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Full-time research technician. 12-month appointment renewed annually based on performance. Competitive salary with full benefits.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Offered by</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Texas A&M, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Archbold Biological Station<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Where</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Archbold Biological Station’s Buck Island Ranch (Lake Placid, FL); www.archbold-station.org<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Research field</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Environmental sustainability, bioenergy, biogeosciences.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DESCRIPTION<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Archbold Biological Station’s Buck Island Ranch (BIR), Texas A&M (TAMU) and the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), seeks a full-time technician
to work in a collaborative effort integrated within the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), a $115 million initiative by the US Department of Energy for the development of a sustainable bioenergy industry.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The research will be conducted at BIR, a biological station that operates as full-scale working cattle ranch providing a unique platform for long-term agro-ecology research. The successful candidate will be supervised
by Dr. Nuria Gomez-Casanovas (TAMU), in collaboration with Drs. Evan H DeLucia (UIUC), Elena Blanc-Betes (UIUC) and Elizabeth Boughton (BIR).<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The project investigates the environmental sustainability of sugarcane for biofuel production. Key objectives are to: (1) Characterize the impact of sugarcane cultivation on the regulation of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs;
CO<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub> and N<sub>2</sub>O) compared to managed grazed pasture; (2) Quantify the efficiency at which sugarcane and pastures use water resources; and, (3) explore the impact of sugarcane cultivation on nitrogen and phosphorus losses versus
pasture.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">The position<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">This is a non-tenured, full time, 12-month position, and can be renewed annually for an additional two years, contingent
on progress, and the availability of funds. Duties may change as contract or grant turnover occurs. Competitive salary with full benefits.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The successful candidate will have the opportunity to learn basic biogeochemistry skills and gain experience in a wide range of research techniques and equipment, both in the field and in the laboratory,
and data compilation, processing and analysis depending on experience. Field work includes assisting with the maintenance of eddy covariance towers – a state of the art method for high frequency monitoring of ecosystem greenhouse gas exchange –, direct measurements
of soil CO2 and non-CO2 trace gas emissions, and soil, water and biomass (plant) samplings. In the lab, the technician will aid with soil, water and biomass sample processing, and preparing and maintaining field equipment and supplies. The successful candidate
will train and supervise research interns that assist with field and lab work.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Required qualifications<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A bachelor’s degree in biology, environmental science, chemistry, or related field; basic computer skills (MS Word, Excel).<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Preferred qualifications<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Research experience in the field and in the laboratory related to biogeochemistry (e.g., trace gas flux measurements, soil and water sampling, gas chromatography, eddy covariance); experience working on farms and
with farmers; experience working in subtropical and tropical sugarcane plantations and rangeland. Demonstrated knowledge of troubleshooting environmental monitoring equipment is desired.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">The station<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The position is located at BIR, a 10,500-acre cattle ranch near Lake Placid, FL, with shared housing available on site.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here are two documentaries about Archbold’s Buck Island Ranch: (</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6_WhY3aZB0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6_WhY3aZB0</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGV_G6dnYHg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGV_G6dnYHg</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> )<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">HOW TO APPLY<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants should send</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1) a letter of application,
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2) a resume or CV with relevant coursework and experience, and
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3) names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for three references
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">: Dr. Nuria Gomez-Casanovas at nuri.gomez-casanovas@ag.tamu.edu.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Application deadline is
<b>August 10, 2022</b>. The position will remain opened until filled.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Contact Dr. Gomez-Casanovas via e-mail for more information.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Due to Covid-19, we require any new resident staff and interns to be fully vaccinated. These rules will be updated as Covid conditions change.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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