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Environmental Studies, Arts & Science
Supervisor: Prof. Matthew Hayek in the Dept. of Environmental Studies
Assistant Research Scientist will conduct research regarding a project about the environmental and welfare impacts of captive fish farming.
Responsibilities:
- Researching and collating scientific literature regarding aquaculture production’s environmental impacts, including but not limited to greenhouse gas emissions, feed use, marine ecosystem impacts, water pollution, chemical inputs and leakage including antibiotics and pesticides. Disaggregating impacts by production region and farmed taxa.
- Research and collating data regarding the captivity conditions and gaps with respect to natural behavior of farmed fish taxa.
- Performing literature review of common broad claims related to the sustainability and welfare of aquaculture production. Comparing the veracity of these claims to the collated environmental and welfare data.
- Performing mathematical and statistical analysis on the synthesized results.
- Writing up the synthesized results into public-facing and scientific summaries.
Position expectations: The start date is on or around July 15, 2025, with an appointment that will last 12 weeks. This is a fully in-person position. The successful candidate should anticipate weekly meetings (zoom or in person) with the project PI to ensure progress and map out evolving objectives and needs. Research activities are expected to encompass about 10 hours per week, must not exceed 27 hour/week on any given week, and must not exceed 120 hours across the entire appointment.
Note that a strong candidate has already been identified for this position.
In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the hourly pay range for this position is $27/hour. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences or related fields.
- Familiarity with scientific research on the intersection of climate change, food production, biogeochemistry.
- Experience with statistical and geospatial data analysis.
- Self-motivated in research, and able to generate succinct results in a timely fashion.
- Possesses high scientific reading and writing proficiency.
- Experience communicating to both general and specialized scientific audiences in a comprehensive manner.
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