The Ecological Acoustics and Behavior (EAB) Lab at the University of New Hampshire, led by Dr. Laura Kloepper, seeks a Senior Research Technician and Lab Manager. This salaried, benefitted position will provide lab, field, and logistical support across multiple projects investigating animal behavior and population dynamics. Responsibilities include processing video and acoustic data through custom analysis software, maintaining and managing the inventory of electronic equipment in our lab, compiling data from our community and agency partners, assisting with field data collection for lab projects, and coordinating training for graduate and undergraduate students involved in research.
Additional responsibilities will include administrative tasks as assigned, such as ordering lab supplies and documenting expenditures through our university’s procurement system, developing written field and lab protocols, assisting with data compilation, and preparing written reports.
This position will support all of the EAB Lab’s activities but will focus on the following two projects: 1) Population estimation of bats emerging from caves using video software, and 2) population estimation of bats, frogs, moose and seabirds using acoustics. This position will require occasional and seasonal travel to field sites and collaborating institutes, which may occasionally be up to several weeks in duration.
Minimum qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree in biology, ecology, or a closely related discipline.
· Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a related field.
· Strong computer skills and experience in independently learning new software programs.
· Expert organizational skills to maintain budgets, scheduling, and file appropriate paperwork.
· Desire and willingness to work with and train others, including postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
· Experience in conducting field research under harsh conditions (poor weather, ability to lift 50 pounds, rustic accommodations, strenuous hiking).
· Willingness to obtain the rabies pre-exposure vaccine (paid for by UNH) and to enter a confined cave environment with appropriate PPE, including full-face respirators.
Additional preferred qualifications:
· Master’s degree in closely related field.
· Experience in acoustic monitoring including deployment, collection, and/or analysis.
· Experience in video recording including deployment, collection, and/or analysis.
· Experience in communication/working with agencies such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
· Experience in data visualization in the R programming language.
· Experience in mentoring students with research.
· Experience in coordinating purchases, expenditures, and maintaining budgets for larger projects.
For more information, please see the full posting at https://jobs.usnh.edu/