Temporary Research Assistant - Joseph

Duties/Responsibilities

• Maintenance of field plots and insect colonies for research purposes.
• Associated tasks include growing insecticide-free plants in greenhouse and routinely washing and cleaning of insect-rearing containers.
• Pathogen samples will need to be isolated with care to avoid contamination of the lab or the sample.
• Collection of experimental response variables including insect counts, impact of entomopathogen applications, plant damage ratings, and assessments of plant physiology as a measure of different treatments.
• Working environments include lab, greenhouse, and field.
• Make frequent visits to trial plots to observe and record data on insect and production.
• Data management including data entry, organization, statistical analyses, data presentation and development of technical reports.
• Enter ratings into spreadsheets and perform quality assurance.
• Aid in data entry and assist faculty with related publications and printed materials.

Qualifications

• Good written and verbal skills.
• Working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software.
• Positive Attitude.
• Excellent Work Ethics.
• Competency in rearing insects is desirable.