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<p></p><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Position Overview</b></h2>
<p>The Roberts Lab of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) is seeking multiple research technicians to join our interdisciplinary research team in support of projects supported by multiple grants from NSF, BOEM, NASEM GRP, and GCOOS. These research positions are available immediately with applications being accepted until the positions are filled.</p>
<p>The Roberts Lab is interested in understanding how ecosystems transform and retain nutrients and energy. We are particularly interested in examining how the mechanisms regulating the autotrophic/heterotrophic balance and the biogeochemical cycling and transport of materials along the continuum from headwater streams and lakes to large rivers, wetlands, estuaries, and open-ocean ecosystems are altered as a result of human perturbations to the landscape and how restoration efforts might mitigate some of these deleterious impacts.</p>
<p>Current projects include long-term studies on coastal wetland carbon (CH4 and CO2 fluxes), nutrient exchanges, microbial ecology, and vegetation dynamics; methane efflux from river influenced marine sediments; methane dynamics across microbe-to-landscape scales in coastal wetlands; the relationship of human disturbance to ecosystem services in offshore sand shoal habitats; plant productivity and soil biogeochemistry in salt marsh&ndash;mangrove ecotones; living shoreline restorations; and wetland and coastal estuarine biogeochemistry.</p>
<p>The positions are based at LUMCON&rsquo;s DeFelice Marine Center in Cocodrie, LA.</p>
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Minimum Qualifications</b></h2>
<ul><li>B.S. in biogeochemistry, coastal/marine science, ecology, oceanography, or a related field</li>
<li>Ability to work independently and as part of a team</li>
<li>Strong organizational and communication skills</li>
<li>Attention to detail</li>
<li>Basic data analysis experience</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Ideal Candidate / Preferred Qualifications</b></h2>
<ul><li>Research experience in a field setting</li>
<li>Experience with field and laboratory analytical instrumentation including nutrient analyzers, spectrophotometers, TOC/TN analyzers, elemental analyzers, and/or gas chromatographs</li>
<li>Experience with measurements of the carbon, iron, sulfur, and nitrogen cycles</li>
<li>Experience with data QA/QC</li>
<li>Data management experience</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Essential Duties</b></h2>
<ul><li>Perform combination of field sampling and laboratory instrument analyses activities</li>
<li>Assist with lab organization and maintenance</li>
<li>Assist with digitization of field notebooks/data sheets, data entry, organization, and analysis</li>
<li>Contribute to project planning and logistics</li>
<li>Contribute to data analysis, interpretation, and peer-reviewed publications as appropriate</li>
<li>Work collaboratively with PIs, post docs, graduate and undergraduate students, and other research technicians</li>
</ul><p><i>Review of applications will commence immediately and continue until the position is filled.</i></p></div></div>
<br><div></div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Contact Information</b></h2>
<p><b>Wendy Morrison</b>
<br>
<i>Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry Lab Manager</i>
<br>
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium</p>
<p>wmorrison@lumcon.edu</p></div><div></div>

Research Technician – Roberts Lab of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry (Apr 2026)

<p></p><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Position Overview</b></h2>
<p>The Ocean Biofluids Lab led by Dr. Kevin Du Clos at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate for an NSF-funded research project exploring the roles of understudied gelatinous organisms in marine food webs. The primary research focus of the lab is understanding interactions between marine organisms and their physical fluid environments, using imaging and numerical modeling techniques.</p>
<p>The successful applicant will collect and analyze data from field and lab-based imaging systems to constrain the feeding rates of three groups of gelatinous marine predators&mdash;siphonophores, hydromedusae, and cydippid ctenophores&mdash;that use tentacles to capture their prey. The position will be based at LUMCON&rsquo;s Blue Works facility in Houma, LA with some travel to the DeFelice Field Station in Cocodrie, LA required. There will be opportunities for out-of-state travel for field work (Hawaii and Washington State), conferences, and to work with collaborator Dr. Kelly Sutherland (University of Oregon).</p>
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Minimum Qualifications</b></h2>
<ul><li>A Ph.D. in any area of science or engineering</li>
<li>Experience with data analysis using one or more scientific programming languages, such as Python, MATLAB, or R</li>
<li>Experience contributing to peer-reviewed scientific publications</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Ideal Candidate / Preferred Qualifications</b></h2>
<ul><li>Scientific SCUBA diving experience/certification</li>
<li>Experience with PyTorch or another machine learning library</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Essential Duties</b></h2>
<ul><li>Collect imaging data in support of the project; perform plankton net sampling</li>
<li>Analyze data; assist with maintaining phytoplankton cultures</li>
<li>Prepare manuscripts for peer review</li>
<li>Present results at scientific conferences</li>
<li>Assist with lab organization and maintenance</li>
<li>Assist with mentoring undergraduate interns</li>
</ul><p><i>Review of applications will commence immediately and continue until the position is filled.</i></p></div></div>
<br><div></div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Contact Information</b></h2>
<p><b>Kevin Du Clos</b>
<br>
<i>Assistant Professor</i>
<br>
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium</p>
<p>kduclos@lumcon.edu</p></div><div></div>

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Ocean Biofluids Lab

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Research Technician – Roberts Lab of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry (Apr 2026)

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Ocean Biofluids Lab