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Two Full-time Lab Positions - Dalhousie University

The Cosmic Ray Isotope Sciences at Dalhousie Lab (CRISDal Lab) extracts rare isotopes produced by cosmic ray interactions with minerals such as quartz, feldspar, magnetite and others.

The lab is a CFI-MSI facility (partnered with AEL-AMS lab at uOttawa) and Canada’s only lab for making targets from minerals for the measurement of cosmogenic nuclide by accelerator mass spectrometry.  CRISDal Lab has 7 labs: mineral separation with floatation, Frantz, and heavy liquids; mineral digestion lab; 26Al & 10Be lab, 36Cl lab, a new 14C lab, ICP-OES lab, and target loading lab.  The group currently consists of a Chief Lab Manager (Guang Yang, in her 20th year with us), two post-docs, two PhD students, 6 undergraduate students (one completing an honours). All but two members of the team are female.  We conduct experiments to measure the duration of exposure to cosmic rays to date earthquake fault scarps, landslides, and other surfaces or to determine how long a mineral once at the surface has been buried (e.g. 3.9 Myr old camel bone on Ellesmere). We also develop and test new methods, for example to study erosion rates over century to million year timescales, and measure cosmogenic isotopes in meteoric samples (e.g. ground ice, groundwater, FeMn nodules, lake sediment).  While most of our research has been with international collaborators, CRISDal has committed to funded projects to support more Canadian academic and government scientists projects over the next decade, including the GSC, CNGO, and NWMO.

We are seeking to fill two very different grant-paid positions:

1.  Lab manager for the 14C and ICP-OES Labs. The new 14C lab has a custom-built stainless-steel, ultra-high vacuum system to extract 14C as CO2 gas from quartz. We are seeking someone with experience on UHV gas systems, such as with noble gas labs or other gas systems.  The instrument is automated and uses an induction furnace to heat the quartz to a cristobalite transition which efficiently diffuses the 14C atoms to the grain surface. The lab manager will also be in charge of running and maintaining the ICP-OES lab. The lab manager will assist in training students and supporting geochemistry thesis research in the department. Training will be provided as needed.  Details are provided in the job description.

2. Lab technician for mineral separation.  This technician will be responsible for separating the desired minerals from rocks or sediment and supporting CRISDal Lab research. We will process approximately 200-250 samples per year and the samples can be very different.  We usually seek quartz, but sometimes other minerals for the cosmogenic isotope experiments.  The technician will establish strategies to optimize efficiencies with a wide range of mineral separation procedures including chemical separation with different acids and physical separation using magnetic, electrostatic, density, and hardness properties of the minerals. To test purity we use optical microscopy and then ICP-OES analysis. The technician will work with the Chief Lab Manager, and train students and visiting researchers to conduct mineral separation safely and efficiently. Training will be provided as needed.  This position has the opportunity to evolve to a Lab Manager position after March 2023. More details are provided in the job description.

Both positions are full-time, 35-hour, with good benefits, and open to Canadians and non-Canadian applicants. We would like the successful applicants to start as soon as possible. If you are interested, please use the links above to apply.  We will start evaluating applications on Feb 24. If you have questions, contact John.Gosse at john.gosse@Dal.Ca. 

Tenure Track Position Assistant Professor - University of Washington

Job title: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track - The Changing Ocean - Univ of Washington School of Oceanography

Recruiter: University of Washington School of Oceanography

Description: Full time, 9-month faculty position at tenure-track Assistant Professor level in the broad theme of the Changing Ocean

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Sr. Specialist, Oceans - National Geographic

The National Geographic Society invests in a diverse, global community of National Geographic Explorers who are leading a new age of exploration in support of our mission: to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world through science, education, and storytelling. These bold individuals represent more than 140 countries and their vast array of backgrounds, perspectives, and fields bring us to the far reaches of the globe.

The Science & Innovation team oversees the Society’s funding efforts in research, conservation and technology, develops and manages major mission programs, and establishes programmatic partnerships with like-minded non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Our Ocean focus area work aims to explore, understand, and conserve marine and coastal systems. Across topics like oceanography, marine/coastal ecology, ocean climate science, marine/coastal biogeochemistry, ocean exploration technology, community-based conservation, and related fields — our goal is to inspire and empower people across the globe to better understand and protect the world’s ocean.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Ocean, the Senior Specialist’s primary responsibility is evaluating and recommending research and conservation grants in the Ocean focus area, and providing high-quality customer service to grantees—our National Geographic Explorers.

The Senior Specialist should have a proactive and collaborative mindset, with a strong sense of accountability and follow-through. Through their work, the Senior Specialist will build on the Society's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by engaging with underrepresented groups in the sciences. Competitive applicants will have experience in conservation and/or scientific research, and experience working with local communities and stakeholders.

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