The Gedan Lab is searching for a full-time research assistant to join their lab in summer 2020 to assist in the set-up, maintenance, and break down of wetland plant ecology field experiments and vegetation monitoring campaigns. Many of the research projects are affiliated with the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER site. The research assistant will help in other stages of research: developing protocols, managing data, and processing plant and soil samples in the laboratory. The research assistant will prepare and run carbon and nitrogen analyses of plant tissue samples in the lab.
The Gedan Lab at The George Washington University investigates the response of coastal and marine species and ecosystems to global changes in climate, sea level, nutrient availability, and invasive species. We focus on conservation-priority, shallow, marine ecosystems, especially tidal marsh. We are interested in marsh migration and the conversion of natural and human-dominated uplands, as well as the novel ecosystems and interactions occurring in transitioning coastal areas. Established field sites are in the estuaries and coastal bays of the Mid-Atlantic, including the Virginia Coast Reserve, an NSF Long Term Ecological Research site. The lab is located in GWU’s interdisciplinary science building in downtown Washington, DC, across the street from the Foggy Bottom Metro station.
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