Field assistants needed for project on Sierra chipmunk physiology, ecology and behavior
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sue_bertram
Feb 27, 2015, 5:19:00 PM2/27/15
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Description: I am seeking three field assistants for fieldwork at various sites in Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra taking place from approximately June 1 through as late as October 7, 2015. I am a PhD student at University of California, Berkeley studying how two species of chipmunks are responding to climate change ecologically, behaviorally and physiologically. During the field season we will visit anywhere from 3-8 field sites for ~10-30 days each. At each site we will trap chipmunks, collect fecal and other biological samples, conduct various environmental surveys, and place accelerometer chips on animals to remotely record behaviors. In between sites we will take a very short break either in the Sierra or back in Berkeley. Field assistants will help with live-trapping, animal handling, vegetation surveys, and behavioral/hormonal data collection on chipmunks. Assistants will also be responsible for helping with food preparation, gear transportation, and other logistical tasks associated with the project. This work is related to the Grinnel Resurvey Project (http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Grinnell/).
Qualifications: Absolutely required: enjoy the outdoors, some experience/comfort with camping, interest in ecology and behavior, comfortable handling and collecting biological samples from animals, health insurance, able to lift >50 lbs.
-Also useful but NOT required: previous experience conducting field-work/being outdoors for long periods of time (eg. backpacking), experience conducting research on/ handling live animals, experience with GPS, working towards or in possession of a degree relating to biology.
-Those available for the entire field season (~June 1-Oct 7) will be given top priority.
Compensation: I’ll provide food while you’re in the field with me and will pay for all park/permit/camping fees. On breaks you’ll be responsible for purchasing your own food. I will give you $600 (over the course of the season) to help with incidental costs.
Warning: This is tough and unpredictable work! Dates/sites are uncertain and dependent on weather. There will be lots of off-trail hiking (as many as 10-15 miles on heavy days) and long hours (at least 14 hours daily is standard, starting around 5am). We’ll be at high elevations on rough terrain. We’ll be backcountry camping, (little to no cell phone service, no real showers, lots of freeze-dried just-add-water food, and living in tents), likely for the entire field season. Breaks are few and far between. It will be rewarding, you will learn a lot, and it and it will be full of beautiful scenery and fascinating animals, but it won’t be easy!
Application Instructions: Please read the description thoroughly before emailing tham...@berkeley.edu with "[full name] field assistant 2015 application" in the email header. Include (either attach or in email body): (1) CV/resume, (2) unofficial copy of your transcript, (3) summer availability (be very specific about the dates between June 1-Oct 7 that you’ll be available) and (4) brief statement of interest and relevant experience (backpacking/ camping experience is relevant!) (1-2 paragraphs).
Tali Hammond
PhD Candidate, Lacey Lab
Department of Integrative Biology
UC Berkeley
ib.berkeley.edu/labs/lacey/hammond2.html
Qualifications: Absolutely required: enjoy the outdoors, some experience/comfort with camping, interest in ecology and behavior, comfortable handling and collecting biological samples from animals, health insurance, able to lift >50 lbs.
-Also useful but NOT required: previous experience conducting field-work/being outdoors for long periods of time (eg. backpacking), experience conducting research on/ handling live animals, experience with GPS, working towards or in possession of a degree relating to biology.
-Those available for the entire field season (~June 1-Oct 7) will be given top priority.
Compensation: I’ll provide food while you’re in the field with me and will pay for all park/permit/camping fees. On breaks you’ll be responsible for purchasing your own food. I will give you $600 (over the course of the season) to help with incidental costs.
Warning: This is tough and unpredictable work! Dates/sites are uncertain and dependent on weather. There will be lots of off-trail hiking (as many as 10-15 miles on heavy days) and long hours (at least 14 hours daily is standard, starting around 5am). We’ll be at high elevations on rough terrain. We’ll be backcountry camping, (little to no cell phone service, no real showers, lots of freeze-dried just-add-water food, and living in tents), likely for the entire field season. Breaks are few and far between. It will be rewarding, you will learn a lot, and it and it will be full of beautiful scenery and fascinating animals, but it won’t be easy!
Application Instructions: Please read the description thoroughly before emailing tham...@berkeley.edu with "[full name] field assistant 2015 application" in the email header. Include (either attach or in email body): (1) CV/resume, (2) unofficial copy of your transcript, (3) summer availability (be very specific about the dates between June 1-Oct 7 that you’ll be available) and (4) brief statement of interest and relevant experience (backpacking/ camping experience is relevant!) (1-2 paragraphs).
Tali Hammond
PhD Candidate, Lacey Lab
Department of Integrative Biology
UC Berkeley
ib.berkeley.edu/labs/lacey/hammond2.html
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