Please post: LAB TECHNICIAN : PERMANENT FULL-TIME

[Andrea Grottoli]

LAB TECHNICIAN : PERMANENT FULL-TIME

CORAL AND SCLEROSPONGE-BASED CLIMATE AND CONSERVATION RESEARCH

         Seeking a full-time lab technician.  The research in my lab is 
multi-disciplinary in nature and  focuses on two main areas: 1) natural 
variability in coral and sclerosponge skeletal isotopes on 
seasonal-to-decadal timescales with applications for paleoceanograhic and 
paleoclimate reconstruction in tropical regions, and 2) coral bleaching 
physiology with applications for coral reef conservation and ecology.  The 
research approach is primarily experiment driven and includes both field 
and laboratory experiments.

DUTIES:
- Manage laboratory (ordering equipment, running samples, training students)
- Run samples and maintain all aspects of stable isotope mass spectrometer 
(Finnigan 252)
- Organize and oversee all aspects of preparing and executing field work
- Organize and oversee all aspects of sample preparation and analyses in 
the lab
- Schedule lab activities and equipment servicing
- Participate in field work (approximately 4-8 weeks per year at remote 
tropical locations)
- Perform other analyses including but not limited to: lipid extractions, 
chlorophyll a extractions, coral/sponge microdrilling
- Participate in data analysis, interpretation and preparation for publication

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
-Bachelor of science in any of the physical or biological sciences 
required.  Masters degree preferred but not necessary.
- Experience with stable isotope mass spectrometry
- Good organizational and inter-personal skills
- Ability to work independently
- Eager to participate in interesting research
- Willingness to participate in both field and laboratory aspects of research
- Comfortable using computers and software (i.e.: Word, WordPerfect, Lotus 
123, Excel, PowerPoint, SAS, other statistical packages, etc...)
- Statistical abilities desired
- SCUBA certified
- previous lab tech experience desirable but not necessary

CONTACT: Prof. Andrea G. Grottoli, Department of Earth and Environmental 
Science, 240 South 33rd Street - Hayden Hall, University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316
tel: 215-898-5724 or 949-824-5754       fax: 215-898-0964 or 949-824-3874
email: grottoli at uci.edu PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST BY EMAIL

PLEASE SUBMIT: a current resume and cover letter by December 15, 2000
POSITION STARTS: February 1, 2001
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Andrea G. Grottoli, PhD
Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Chemistry
Department of Earth System Science, University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3100
tel: 949-824-5754 (o)   949-824-3272 (l)  fax: 949-824-3874
email: grottoli at uci.edu
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