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<b><i>Title of the Position:</i></b> Environmental Research Technician</div>
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<b><i>School:</i></b> Yale School of the Environment</div>
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<b><i>Appointment start date:</i></b> winter/spring 2025</div>
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<b><i>Salary:</i> </b>$45,000</div>
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<b><i>Contact:</i></b> Fengchao Sun (fengchao.sun@yale.edu), Professor James Saiers (james.saiers@yale.edu)</div>
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<b><u>Introduction of School/Department</u></b></li><ul style="margin-top: 1.9pt; margin-right: 7.5pt; padding-left: 0px;">
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The successful candidate will collaborate with students, postdocs, and faculty affiliated with the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) and the Yale Center of Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC). YSE is leading the world toward a sustainable future with cutting-edge
research, teaching, and public engagement on society’s evolving and urgent environmental challenges. To learn more about YSE, read our Vision and Mission statements
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://environment.yale.edu/about/vision-and-mission" id="OWA999983bf-bdbf-08b3-3e12-2187a7a68274" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">here</a></u></span>. YCNCC seeks to better understand
how natural processes can be enhanced to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations to help mitigate climate change while leveraging co-benefits. More information about YCNCC can be found
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://naturalcarboncapture.yale.edu/" id="OWA430525b5-46b4-31b7-6d9a-77097349ac91" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">here</a></u></span>.</li></ul>
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<b><u>Overview of the Position</u></b></li><ul style="margin-top: 1.85pt; margin-right: 7.3pt; padding-left: 0px;">
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The Saiers Lab is seeking a postgraduate research assistant to participate in research projects on carbon removal from the atmosphere by enhanced weathering. Among our projects is a novel watershed-scale application of silicate minerals that pull atmospheric
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they are weathered by rainfall and snowmelt. The primary responsibilities of this position involve activities to support the chemical analysis of streamwater, soil-water, and groundwater samples collected from the field
sites where the silicate minerals are applied. </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 105%; margin: 1.85pt 7.3pt 0.0001pt 64pt;">
As a postgraduate research assistant, you will receive the following benefits to help further your career and prepare you for your future endeavors:</li><ul style="margin-top: 1.15pt; margin-right: 25.35pt; padding-left: 0px;">
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<b><i>Education: </i></b>You will be eligible to audit classes of interest and attend seminars hosted by YSE and other Yale departments. Through interactions with members of your and allied research groups, you will learn about climate-change effects on ecosystems
and about various approaches intended to mitigate climate change.</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 4.9pt 0.0001pt 99.95pt;">
<b><i>Training: </i></b>You will receive comprehensive training on the use of state-of-the-art analytical instruments housed within the
<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://earth.yale.edu/yasic-yale-analytical-and-stable-isotope-center" id="OWAa34a2dfa-b707-5695-b6b5-b74d550d9061" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Yale Analytical and Stable Isotope Center</a></u></span> that
are used for the analyses of environmental samples. You will also gain expertise in standard techniques used in environmental laboratories and develop an understanding natural and anthropogenic processes that influence the chemistry (quality) of freshwaters.
There will be opportunities for fieldwork and to gain experience in procedures for the collection of stream, groundwater, and soil samples. In addition, you will learn and apply statistical and computational methods used to analyze and interpret environmental
data.</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 113%; margin: 0in 5.25pt 0.0001pt 99.95pt;">
<b><i>Mentoring: </i></b>You will be supervised by Professor Saiers, interact with other Yale faculty with varied interest in climate-change mitigation, and engage extensively with postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. This engagement will involve your
participation in lab-group meetings and research seminars and working closely alongside more senior members of our research team. </li></ul>
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Location: Class of 1954 Environmental Science Center, 21 Sachem St, New Haven, CT 06511</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 106%; margin: 0.8pt 19.4pt 0.0001pt 63.95pt;">
Appointment term: One year with the possibility for a one-year renewal contingent on performance and availability of funding.</li></ul>
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<b><u>Qualifications</u></b></li><ul style="margin-top: 1.9pt; margin-right: 46.95pt; padding-left: 0px;">
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Baccalaureate degree in environmental sciences/studies, engineering, chemistry, geosciences, biology, or related field.</li></ul>
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<b><u>Process to Apply</u></b></li><ul style="margin-top: 0.75pt; margin-right: 0in; padding-left: 0px;">
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Please send a CV/resume, a brief description of your background and experiences that may be relevant to this position, and the names and contact information for two references to Fengchao Sun (associate Research scientist) at <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:fengchao.sun@yale.edu" id="OWA216131cf-8547-c28b-48da-25a6be6433d0" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">fengchao.sun@yale.edu</a></u></span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 1.9pt 0in 0.0001pt 63.95pt;">
The deadline for application is Mar 7th, 2025.</li></ul>
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