Research Assistant: Methane Cycle Data Analysis (R)

American University; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The research assistant will support data analysis for an NSF-funded project on the role of trees in the global methane cycle at American University. Working with R and R Studio, you will clean a large methane emissions dataset, estimate missing values, and quantify how fluxes vary in time and space.

You will contribute to figures, tables, and text for a scientific manuscript, and meet weekly with project leaders. This is a part-time student position at 5 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Meet weekly with Karen Knee and Betty Malloy to discuss progress and update goals.
• Clean up data set to remove points that result from measurement error and estimate missing values.
• Create graphs and tables using R and R studio to visualize the data.
• Use statistical and data analysis methods to characterize how tree gas fluxes vary in time (different months of the year) and space (different trees and height on tree stem).
• Use point measurements to generate plot- and forest-scale gas flux estimates.
• Generate figures, tables, and text for a scientific publication.

Job description

The research assistant will support data analysis for an NSF-funded project on the role of trees in the global methane cycle at American University. Working with R and R Studio, you will clean a large methane emissions dataset, estimate missing values, and quantify how fluxes vary in time and space.

You will contribute to figures, tables, and text for a scientific manuscript, and meet weekly with project leaders. This is a part-time student position at 5 hours per week.