RAP opportunity at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA
Ecotoxicology to Support Aquatic Conservation Biology
Location
National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
opportunity |
location |
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26.03.39.B7411 |
Seattle, WA 98115 |
Advisers
name |
email |
phone |
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Nathaniel L. Scholz |
nathaniel.scholz@noaa.gov |
(206) 817 1338 |
Description
The Ecotoxicology Program at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center designs and implements pollution research to guide NOAA’s mission to conserve and manage trust species, habitats, and ecosystems. The Program focuses on a wide diversity of toxic threats to coastal watersheds, estuaries, embayments, and nearshore marine environments. Ecotox research serves many purposes. For example, these include characterizing risks to endangered species, evaluating the effectiveness of pollution control strategies, monitoring the success of habitat restoration projects, and identifying contaminants of emerging concern.
Research is conducted across biological scales, from molecular biology to community ecology. Program investigators are typically highly collaborative, both within the Center and also with external partners such as academic laboratories and other agencies. Lastly, research projects are developed to meet critical information gaps at the interface between science and environmental policy.
References
Macneale KH, et al: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 475, 2010
Hicken CL, et al: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108: 7086, 2011
Feist BE, et al: Public Library of Science ONE 6(8): e23424, 2011
key words
Water quality; Endangered species; Ecotoxicology; Risk assessment; Pollution; Conservation biology; Contaminants; Restoration; Ecosystem;
Eligibility
Citizenship:
Open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and non-U.S. citizens
Level:
Open to Postdoctoral and Senior applicants
Stipend
Base Stipend |
Travel Allotment |
Supplementation |
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$71,000.00 |
$3,000.00 |
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Experience Supplement
Postdoctoral and Senior awardees will receive an appropriately higher stipend based on the number of years of experience past their PhD.
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Additional Benefits
Relocation
Awardees who reside more than 50 miles from their host laboratory and remain on tenure for at least six months are eligible for paid relocation to within the vicinity of their host laboratory.
Health insurance
A group health insurance program is available to awardees and their qualifying dependents in the United States.