Jobs:Job-01595
Apply before: 9 August 2024
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Position: Physcial Scientist
Apply before: 9 August 2024
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USGS’ Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center is looking to hire a Physical Scientist to study wave dynamics and sediment resuspension in wave-dominated impounded areas of the Upper Mississippi River. The advertisement will be posted to www.usajobs.gov soon and will include a position description and job requirements. We are seeking motivated candidates, especially those with interest and experience in the collection, analysis, interpretation, and communication of hydrodynamics, wave dynamics, and sediment resuspension with application to ecosystem management. Key job duties include: Lead field collection of high resolution near-bed velocities, pressure readings, and turbidity data Organize, process and assess quality of field data Quantify wind, velocity, and wave statistics, and sediment resuspension events from field data Calculate contributions of wave-induced resuspension and upstream delivery of sediment to local turbidity Assess spatial patterns in waves, turbidity, and velocity in relation to distribution of aquatic plants Prepare and disseminate results in journal articles and presentations to public and scientific audiences
The Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center is in La Crosse, WI. UMESC’s research program supports the science needs, especially biological resource needs, of the Department of the Interior. Research is conducted by multi-disciplinary teams and administered by science branches. The Long Term Resource Monitoring Branch, within which this position will work, works in close partnership with US Army Corps of Engineers, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and state natural resource agencies of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin through the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program.
