Temporary Research Associate

Essential Job Duties

Primary Purpose of the Position: The individual hired into this position will conduct field and greenhouse trials to evaluate and characterize methods for detoxification of herbicide residues in irrigation water.

The employee will have primary responsibility to conduct experiments to compare the effectiveness of water detoxification treatments. These experiments will be conducted in greenhouse and outdoor container settings.

The candidate will:

• Prepare stock solutions and dilutions used in experiments
• Process diluted solutions through ozone or activated carbon systems
• Operate and maintain ozone generating equipment and activated carbon filtration systems (training on the use of these systems to be provided)
• Package, label and ship water samples for chemical residue analyses
• Conduct bioassays to assess in situ toxicity of water samples from said ozone and carbon treatments. Includes potting, planting and maintenance of plants; experimental design; data collection and analysis; and reporting
• Ensure all experiments are conducted using valid experimental designs, procedures and practices
• Monitor and document plant responses to treatments, record data, data entry, statistical analysis, generate narrative and graphical summaries
• Maintaining accurate and up to date records of experiments and activities
• Maintaining laboratory chemical inventories, supply inventories
• Propagate plants for use in bioassay studies
• Generate a summary report for each experiment
• Assist in writing reports and research manuscript preparation

Additional duties: The position will be part of the Gannon laboratory team and will occasionally assist other team members with laboratory or field projects.