1St Assistant Scientist And Laboratory Manager
Woods Hole, Ma
Laboratory Management • Managed the shipboard laboratory spaces, personnel, equipment, supplies, and documents.• Trained and mentored assistant scientists and other crew in safe and effective science operations, student instruction, laboratory and deck protocols.• Directed the upkeep of scientific equipment through monitoring, preventative care and troubleshooting. Program and Operations• Served as a licensed crew member aboard a sail research vessel along open ocean passages.• Instructed students on watch about procedures, equipment operation, sample processing, data analysis, manuscript writing, and other elements of field oceanography.• Oversaw daily data collection and processing, ensured data integrity, and wrote scientific end-of-cruise reports.Oceanographic field research• Biological oceanography: zooplankton and phytoplankton abundance and diversity analyses; bacterial incubation; extracted chlorophyll-a analysis.• Chemical oceanography: seawater nutrient analysis; carbonate chemistry analysis.• Physical oceanography: vertical and towed CTD profiles; Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler.• Geological oceanography: Knudsen sub-bottom profiler; sediment sampling; sediment grain size analysis.