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MSc Thesis Defense: Mu Li

Title: Temperature-Pressure-Composition Model for Melt Viscosity in the Di-An-Ab System

Date & Time: Tuesday, August 25th at 12:00pm

Location: Zoom

MSc Thesis Defense: Xueya Lu

Title: Characterization of Ultramafic Mine Tailings Reactivity for Carbon Capture and Storage

Date and Time: Thursday, August 27th at 10:00am

Location: Zoom

Employment & Opportunities

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Ocean Wise Plastics Lab

Are you interested in applying your scientific skills to solving of ocean conservation problems? The Ocean Wise Plastics Lab is looking for an early career scientist to lead a 3-year funded research on the effects of plastic microfibers on wild zooplankton communities (2020-2023). You will work with a multi-disciplinary team of the Plastics Lab at Ocean Wise - a global conservation organization - and in collaboration with the lab of Dr. Maldonado at Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of British Columbia, Canada. As a Postdoctoral Fellow you will plan and oversee field and laboratory research in support of the project, which involves graduate students, interns and technical staff. As a member of the Ocean Wise Plastics Lab you will participate in public outreach (presentations, blogs, videos, lab visits) and provide advice to stakeholders in government and industry.

Requirements:
•    PhD in environmental toxicology, biological oceanography, aquatic sciences or a related field;
•    Experience in assessing eco-physiological responses of plankton to pollutants or water chemistry.
•    Microplastics background not required;
•    Strong data analysis and statistics knowledge; experience in at least one programming language (R, Python, Matlab);
•    Experience publishing in peer-reviewed scientific journals;
•    Experience in grant writing;
•    Experience in delivering scientific and technical presentations to peers at scientific meetings and conferences;
•    Demonstrated science translation experience;
•    Mentorship and leadership experience.

For more information and to apply please contact Dr. Anna Posacka, Plastics Lab Manager at Anna.Posacka@ocean.org. Please submit your resume, letter of research interests and details of two referees.