What are the responsibilities and job description for the Soil Biogeochemist (Margenot Lab) - Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment position at illinois?
Duties & Responsibilities
- Design and conduct laboratory experiments to test hypothesized to fulfill objectives of research grants, including microbiological assays, radioisotopic and stable isotope tracer studies, and soil fertility measurements
- Organize, compile, and analyze data
- Work with PI to produce research products, including grant reports and manuscripts for peer-review publications
- Supervise graduate students and undergrad research hourlies to support research program, including training, assigning work, and tracking work performance and deliverables
- Train graduate students and postdocs on research techniques
- Maintain and calibrate lab instrumentation