A 12-month grant-funded Research Associate position is available in Professor Reuben Keller's lab in the School of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago. The project work will include developing risk assessment tools for aquatic invasive species in Illinois, estimating the benefits of interventions to prevent the spread of invasive species by boaters, and field and lab projects investigating the impact and control of aquatic invasive species. Exact projects will be determined based on the qualifications of the successful applicant. Work will be based at Loyola's Lakeshore campus and will include field sampling across northeastern Illinois, lab work to prepare samples, data analysis, and writing/presenting results.

Duties and Responsibilities: The successful applicant will be expected to work with other members of the Keller lab on a range of projects. The successful applicant will:

Work on multiple projects at the same time
Mentor undergraduate research students
Work with Masters research students
Work in lab and field settings
Gather, organize, and analyze data appropriate for the projects pursued
Present results at scientific meetings
Present results to management partners
Write up results for publication in scientific journals

Minimum Qualifications:

Applicants should have a masters or PhD in a relevant discipline. Experience collecting aquatic species in the Chicago region is desirable, particularly experience working with invertebrates and fishes. Strong quantitative and statistical skills are required. Knowledge of methods for risk assessment of aquatic invasive species is desired. The position may require occasional overnight trips for fieldwork and/or to present results at meetings.

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Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic Universities and the only one located in Chicago. Loyola University Chicago is comprised of four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Health Sciences (HSC), and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy, and is home to ten schools and colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, communication, education, graduate studies, law, medicine, nursing, continuing and professional studies, and social work. Loyola also features course locations in Beijing, China; Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois. Recognizing Loyola's excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications. Loyola is among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by prestigious national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

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