Employing Agency Name & Address: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA
Contact's Name: Lea Johnson
Email Address: ljohnson@longwoodgardens.org
Dates Needed: Flexible, can begin immediately. This project is ready to begin at any time, and can accommodate multiple students working independently. Students may choose to work individually or together on analysis/visualization products.
Weekly Hours Needed: Minimum 8, maximum 40.
Internship Description: The purpose of the project is to build a database of information about plant traits. In the first round of this project, we are focusing on both invasive plant species and on Pennsylvania rare plants. The Research Assistant will first help to build this database by reviewing a set of sources for information about a provided list of invasive and rare plant species, and reporting information on each species via an online form. The Research Assistant will then have the opportunity to contribute original analysis, visualization, or other products that will derive insights into patterns found in the data and/or create new ways of making the data useful and accessible for land management decision-making. This could involve a spatially explicit component if the student desires and has a solid working knowledge of GIS.
Virtual Job Duties: Online research, database entry, and creation of analysis/visualization products to be developed in relation to student's interests and backgrounds.
Internship Application Requirements: Cover Letter, Resume, and Unofficial Transcript
Submit application: Email all application parts as one .pdf file to Dr. Lea Johnson at ljohnson@longwoodgardens.org
Application deadline: 12/15/2020
