Duties:
The Koiter Lab at Brandon University is hiring a research assistant to support a carbon inventory project focused on agricultural landscapes. Duties include:
• Assist with field collection of soil, sediment, vegetation, and water samples
• Prepare equipment (e.g., photospectrometer) and materials (e.g soil and vegetation samples) for research
• Perform standard laboratory analysis (e.g., texture, bulk density)
• Perform data entry, summarizing, and reporting
• Assist with duties related to the production of articles, publications, reports and presentations
and other relevant duties as assigned.
Qualifications/Experience:
The ideal candidate will have experience in:
• Laboratory preparation and analysis of soil and vegetation samples
• Field collection of soil and vegetation samples
• Traveling and working in rural areas
• Strong organizational skills
• MS Excel, R, or other suitable software for managing data and data analysis
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
• Enrolled in an undergraduate degree, preference to those in 2nd year or greater, in physical geography, environmental science, biology, or other Earth science disciplines
• Canadian Class 5 drivers license