Position Summary

This is a technician position at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL). The incumbent(s) is/are responsible for assisting current University of Georgia graduate students with field and laboratory research. The technician will be assisting with ecotoxicological research on amphibians and/or snakes, which will require trapping and handling in the field, setting up and maintaining mesocosm experiments, data collection/entry, and assisting with the metal analysis of tissues. The technician will also assist with some other ongoing projects such as amphibian population monitoring to include collection and analysis of environmental DNA, reviewing camera trap footage, and acoustic recording device files.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assist with set up, running, and data collection for ecotoxicology experiments. (50%)
• Field work for trapping/collecting amphibians and reptiles. (25%)
• Additional lab work such as eDNA analysis. (15%)
• Data entry/management. (10%)