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Research Assistant

McKinney Research Laboratory

Macdonald Campus; McGill University

Supervisor: Melissa McKinney, PhD

Position Summary

• Training students working in the lab
• Maintaining laboratory protocols
• Ordering lab supplies
• Performing basic data and statistical analysis, preparing SOPs and reports
• Troubleshooting and repairing laboratory equipment and instruments
• Laboratory analysis of fish and wildlife tissue samples for ecological tracers (stable isotopes, fatty acids, contaminants)
• Organizing and cleaning the lab
• Daily maintenance and operation of laboratory instruments
• Maintaining laboratory safety requirements and documentation

Required Qualifications

• Basic statistical analysis skills
• Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in natural resources, ecology, environmental or analytical chemistry, geology or geosciences, earth or environmental science, chemical engineering or a related discipline.
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Familiarity with analytical instrumentation, such as gas chromatography (GC), elemental analysis (EA), massspectrometry (MS) or related instrumentation
• Excellent data management skills (lab notebook writing, spreadsheet organization and manipulation)
• Strong ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong work ethic and ability to take initiative
• General chemistry laboratory skills, including weighing, pipetting, centrifuging, vortexing, filtering, preparing solutions and reagents, and using fumehoods
• Good written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications (Not Required, But Considered An Asset)

• One year of experience as a laboratory technician in a related field
• Experience with fatty acid, stable isotope, or contaminant analysis
• Experience in statistical analysis and interpretation of biological or environmental data (e.g., in R)
• Experience in maintaining, operating, and/or troubleshooting GC-FID, EA-IRMS, GC-IRMS, and/or GC-MSD instruments

Hourly Wage

$28.44 minimum. To be determined based on education and experience

McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.

Hourly Salary

$28.44

Hours Per Week

35 (Full time)

Location:

MacdonaldStewart Bld

Supervisor

Associate Professor

Position Start Date

2023-07-17

Position End Date

2024-08-31

Deadline To Apply

2023-07-27

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