Part-Time Salt Marsh Research Assistant

University-System-of-New-Hampshir

Durham (NH)

On-site

USD 41,000 - 47,000

Part time

8 days ago

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Job summary

The hourly research assistant at UNH (Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory) will support a coastal sediment transport project, focusing on manuscript prep, data analysis, and lab/field work. The role involves handling salt marsh datasets and velocity/turbidity measurements, with duties across data analysis, methods documentation, and literature review.

Expect collaboration within a team and independent planning to meet milestones, along with opportunities to contribute to ongoing coastal research

Qualifications

Experience collecting and analyzing field data in salt marsh environments, including velocity and turbidity data.
Graduate-level knowledge of hydrodynamics and sediment transport.
Experience running and troubleshooting experimental flume facilities.
Ability to work independently as well as part of a larger team.
Strong writing and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

Manuscript preparation on M.S. thesis work (~60% time) including additional data analysis, literature review, and writing.
Analysis of summer 2025 vertical profile data (~20% time) including data analysis, methods documentation.
Experimental work in the Coastal Ecohydraulics Flume (~20% time) including design and execution of experiments, support of other users’ experiments.