Coastal Modeling Research Assistant

Louisiana State University; Maryland; On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement options

Tuition exemption for qualified roles

Paid holidays

Wellness benefits

Employee discounts

Job summary

Louisiana State University is seeking a WAE Research Assistant to support coastal ecosystem dynamics modeling within the Coastal Ecosystem Design Studio. This temporary, part-time position focuses on developing and validating models and applying them to coastal processes.

Responsibilities include field data collection for parameterization, handling large coastal monitoring datasets, and applying models to projects in the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop modeling software and validate models.
• Apply coupled coastal process models including flow, sediment transport, vegetation biomass, and soil column development.
• Conduct fieldwork to collect data for parameterization and validation.
• Perform data science on large coastal monitoring data from the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System.

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

Louisiana State University is seeking a WAE Research Assistant to support coastal ecosystem dynamics modeling within the Coastal Ecosystem Design Studio. This temporary, part-time position focuses on developing and validating models and applying them to coastal processes.

Responsibilities include field data collection for parameterization, handling large coastal monitoring datasets, and applying models to projects in the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System.