Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Ecology and the Environmental Sciences (Responses)

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6	Timestamp	Position title	Person and/or lab doing hiring	Contact information	Department	Position description	Type of system	Type of activity	Type of position	Time commitment	Location	Compensation	Qualifications expected	How to apply	Any additional information?	Application deadline/closing date	One-time or ongoing position
7	10/8/2021 15:46:00	Research intern	Gwen Arnold	gbarnold@ucdavis.edu	Environmental Science & Policy	Working on a project to understanding local governance of high-volume hydraulic fracturing. Research tasks include (but not limited to): Collecting and organizing secondary-source data; requesting and collecting public records from state and local agencies; content analysis of newspaper content and public records; constructing network matrices; calculating basic descriptive statistics; and doing basic social network analyses.	Human/social science/policy	Data entry, Data analysis, Social science surveys	Open-ended	minimum 6/hours per week, minimum 2-quarter commitment	Davis	Units, Volunteer, Units if you want them, and none if you don't!	Interest in the topic, basic familiarity with Excel, organizational skills, persistence, responsibility; having taken ESP1 and/or ESP160 is a plus	Contact Gwen, gbarnold@ucdavis.edu			Ongoing
8	10/12/2021 10:44:25	Student Research Assistant/Intern	John Durand	jrdurand@ucdavis.edu	Center for Watershed Sciences	Lab and field support for food web studies in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Includes microscopy, water quality analyses and boat sampling for fishes.	Marine/coastal, Freshwater, Temperate, Vertebrate, Hydrology, Oceanography	Field, Lab, Data entry, Data analysis	Yearly/long-term	10+ hours per week during classes; 20+ hours per week during breaks	Center for Watershed Sciences	Paid, Units	Basic lab and outdoor skills	Cover letter, CV and Transcripts			Ongoing
9	8/22/2022 17:55:59	Behavioral Coding Research Assistant	Josie Hubbard (McCowan Lab)	jahubbard@ucdavis.edu	School of Veterinary Medicine - Population Health & Reproduction	This project seeks to understand what intrinsic factors influence cognitive performance in primates. At an individual level, we are looking at behavior as the mediating factor - namely cognitive behavior and problem-solving abilities. Ultimately, we will quantify the problem-solving abilities of individuals (through the behavioral coding of experimental videos), and connect these data with other individual variables such as age, sex and rank.	Terrestrial, Tropical, Vertebrate, Mammal, Animal Behavior	Data collection & entry	Two quarter commitment minimum.	Flexible, 6-8 hours per week, 1 hour team meetings, October 2022-June 2023	Davis, Vet School Campus	Units, Transcript notation via Handshake	No experience necessary, being detail-oriented and knowledge of psychology experiments and general research methods preferred, but not required.	Fill out the following application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uGE5e9KjPvTvyNnN9kky33BSEd6igTq-X6pfFzvpcYI/edit			Ongoing
10	8/29/2022 9:21:14	Primate behavior and conservation research intern	Meredith Lutz	mclutz@ucdavis.edu	Anthropology	This project seeks to understand why some primate species seem to thrive in the current anthropogenic environment and others are critically endangered. We are specifically looking at behavior as the mediating factor – mostly social behavior, but also diet, ranging, and many other types of behavior. In previous quarters, we have assembled a large database of primate behavior from published literature. In the current phase of the project, interns independently and/or together in small teams to verify, clean, and analyze the collected data.	Terrestrial, Tropical, Vertebrate, Mammal	Data entry, Data analysis	Yearly/long-term	6hr/wk, minimum of 2 quarter commitment, more is welcome	Remote	Units, Transcript notation via Handshake, Volunteer	No experience necessary! Students of all class years/majors are welcome. Being detail-oriented and interested in conservation, behavior, and/or data analysis is a plus.	Fill out the following application: https://forms.gle/iNtNmKku73mdMj986			Ongoing
11	9/22/2022 11:59:07	Undergraduate Research Volunteer	Sara Boles, MS, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher - Aquaculture Cooperative Extension Lab	seboles@ucdavis.edu	Bodega Marine Lab & Department of Animal Science	Once abundant, black abalone (H. cracherodii) populations dramatically declined due to a combination of historic overharvesting and disease susceptibility (CXc/withering syndrome) imploring the National Marine Fisheries Services to list black abalone as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 2009 (74 FR 1937). To best conserve and protect black abalone from the threat of extinction, understanding the optimal broodstock husbandry conditions required for successful reproduction and larval cultivation is imperative. The primary goal of this project is to support the efforts of the United States Navy, Pacific Command Fleet to restore wild populations of black abalone by examining climate change factors that affect the reproductive biology of black abalone using red abalone as a surrogate. To support the primary goal, the supporting research objectives are to: 1) examine the effect of pH and warming on the nutritional quality of red algae dulse (Palmaria palmata) fed to cultured F0 red abalone broodstock and how that impacts gonad maturation state using noninvasive ultrasound technology (Boles et al., 2022) and determine spawning success in F0 cultured red abalone (H. rufescens) as a proxy for endangered black abalone, 2) assess F1 red abalone larval and post-settlement success and 3) apply the use of noninvasive glycogen assessment and ultrasound technologies to characterize the nutritional requirements of endangered black abalone in situ. We seek an undergraduate intern to assist in the implementation of this research project.	Marine/coastal, Invertebrate	Lab, Data entry	Open-ended	Negotiable	Bodega Marine Lab	Volunteer	Ability to work in a marine lab with exposure to seawater.	Please send email correspondence if interested.			Ongoing
12	1/11/2023 10:36:59	Aquatic ecology lab technician	Steve Sadro	ssadro@ucdavis.edu	Environmental Science & Policy	Seeking undergraduates to help as laboratory/field technicians for limnological/aquatic ecosystem studies associated with projects at Clear Lake and multiple sites within the Delta. The primary focus of the position will be in support of laboratory analyses (on-campus) associated with: filtering water samples, assisting with nutrient chemical analyses, and weighing samples for elemental analysis. Technicians will likely assist with field sampling as needed.	Freshwater, Hydrology, Biogeochemistry	Field, Lab	Yearly/long-term	Starting in February and continuing for at least a year; hours and schedules will be variable and in some cases flexible	On-campus	Paid	General lab chemistry experience required, experience with wet chemistry, nutrient analyses, and working with high-precision analytical balances is desirable.	Email resume and short (2-3 paragraph) description of your relevant experience to Steve Sadro (ssadro@ucdavis.edu)			Ongoing
13	3/6/2023 13:17:16	Undergraduate field and lab intern	Alicia Cortes, Environmental Dynamics Lab	alicortes@ucdavis.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering	-Wash bottles for lake water collection -Filter lake water samples -Assist in the lab with different sample preparation (e.g., weight out and roll the tin capsules for the isotope analysis) -Assist in the field with lake water collection and logistics before and after the field -Assist in the field with semi-permanent water quality stations maintenance	Freshwater, Hydrology	Field, Lab	Both Quarterly or Yearly(long term)	~15 hours per month (one 12 hour day field and one 6 hour lab day approximately per month)	Davis (on campus)	Paid, Units, Volunteer	-Knowledge of general lab and field safe practices. -Ability to work independently -Attention to detail and willingness to work long days -Experience is not required, but enthusiasm is essential!	Email Misa Terrell (mwterrell@ucdavis.edu) if you are interested with your year and major!			Ongoing
14	6/8/2023 20:14:56	Undergraduate Student Intern	Amanda Wong (Taylor Lab)	amewong@ucdavis.edu	Plant Sciences	- Washing glassware - Weighing and sieving soil samples - Preparing extraction solutions - Extracting and filtering microplastics from soil samples - Data entry/management	Terrestrial, Plant, Geology/soils	Lab, Data entry, Data analysis	Summer/Fall	10 hours/week	Davis (on-campus)	Units	- General chemistry lab (Preferred) - Basic lab experience - Detail oriented - Enthusiastic and curious - Interest in exploring a new field of research	Please email Amanda at amewong@ucdavis.edu and include the following: - Major - Relevant courses/experiences - Why you are interested in this position - Your weekly availability			Ongoing
15	8/14/2023 14:47:40	Data wrangling intern	Meredith Lutz	mclutz@ucdavis.edu	Anthropology	I am looking students to assist with data management of a long term dataset on sifaka social behavior (Project website: https://labs.la.utexas.edu/ankoatsifaka/sifaka-research-project/; watch the animals in action: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCue7x2fhY-6xb5C888MTvBQ). I have several projects that all involve some amount of data entry and sleuthing to clean up existing data in the database to make it ready for analysis. Once students have worked for a while on these initial tasks, there may be opportunities to get more involved with the project.	Terrestrial, Tropical, Vertebrate, Mammal	Data entry, Data analysis	Open-ended	Minimum commitment - 3 hrs/wk for at least one quarter, times can be scheduled flexibly, welcome to work more hours/quarters	Remote (meetings via Zoom)	Units, Transcript notation via Handshake, Volunteer	Willingness to learn, high attention to detail, no particular academic qualifications needed	Please contact me at mclutz@ucdavis.edu			Ongoing
16	8/31/2023 12:31:43	Research intern	Kay Garlick-Ott	kgarlickott@ucdavis.edu	Animal Science	I study aggression in Common Terns, a species of seabird that migrates long distances and nests in large breeding aggregations on offshore islands in the Gulf of Maine. I am interested in how environmental factors shape patterns of aggression in these colonies, as well as how aggressive behavior in turn impacts reproductive success. I’m looking for 2-3 undergraduate students to help me in analyzing videos of these birds. If you join me, you will learn how to use an ethogram (a list of behaviors and their descriptions) to score continuous videos of behavior. You will also gain experience managing data, interpreting and applying research questions, and observing wild animals to familiarize yourself with their life history and behavior. Interested students can go beyond data collection to develop questions of their own and synthesize their results as part of an optional independent study under my supervision. There will also likely be opportunities to join me for field work in Maine next summer.	Marine/coastal, Vertebrate, Bird	Data entry, Data analysis, Field opportunities possible for Summer 2024	Quarterly with option to extend	Flexible, 2-3 hours up to 6-8 hours	On-campus to start, then on-campus preferred but not mandatory after training is complete	Units, Transcript notation via Handshake, Volunteer, Compensation may be possible, as needed	Strong attention to detail, organized, familiar with Excel	To apply, please complete this short application (https://forms.gle/31jgGPFQmunePAXx6) and email me (kgarlickott@ucdavis.edu) with the subject line ‘[YOUR LAST NAME] Team Tern Application 2023’ your resume, transcripts, and the name and email of a professional reference (preferably a TA or faculty). I will reach out to selected applicants on a rolling basis to schedule an interview.	For more information, please check out my project website www.teamtern.wordpress.com		Ongoing
17	11/21/2023 15:13:41	Research Intern	Brooke Wainwright, Funk Lab	bwainwright@ucdavis.edu	Plant Sciences	I need assistance carrying out a large field research experiment investigating the effects of drought on plant physiological, phenological, and morphological traits. Field and lab opportunities available. Tasks include sorting plant material, weighing samples, washing roots, imaging leaves and roots, measuring plant photosynthesis, flower collection, and so much more.	Terrestrial, Plant	Field, Lab, Data entry, Data analysis	Quarterly	3-9 hrs/week, weekends allowable	Plant and Environmental Sciences & Olive Tree Lane	Paid, Work study for eligible students, Units, Volunteer	Attention to detail, data integrity, ability to work independently and with a group, enthusiasm and eagerness to learn.	Send resume and short blurb about why you're interested in the project to bwainwright@ucdavis.edu	No research experience necessary		Ongoing
18	1/17/2024 11:32:50	Undergraduate Researcher	Danielle De La Pascua, Gremer Lab	drdelapascua@ucdavis.edu	Evolution & Ecology	Undergraduate researchers will assist in research activities surrounding projects testing seed trait trade-offs across species in the Streptanthus clade, a clade of native California wildflowers. Students will primarily aid in data collection, sample processing, and data processing and management. Students will complete tasks such as data collection on seeds, seed dissections under a microscope, data entry, and analyzing images of seeds for data collection. Additionally, students will participate in data analysis using linear mixed modeling in the programming language R.	Terrestrial, Plant	Lab, Data entry, Data analysis	Open-ended	At least 6 hours a week, starting ASAP	Gremer Lab, Storer Hall room 4352	Units	None!	E-mail Danielle (drdelapascua@ucdavis.edu) with some times you have available for an interview. Send along resume if you have one, but all are welcome to apply regardless of experience level!			Ongoing
19	4/29/2024 17:19:12	Undergraduate Student Research Assistant (STDT 3)	Maya Shydlowski, Grain Cropping Systems Lab	mshydlowski@ucdavis.edu	Plant Sciences	Job Description: The Grain Cropping Systems Lab (http://lundy.ucdavis.edu/) is looking for an undergraduate Student Assistant to work in field and laboratory research pertaining to grain crops. The individual will be required to perform a variety of complex laboratory and field experimental procedures in support of academically supervised research. Duties may include taking and measuring plant and soil samples in the field; preparing experimental samples of seeds, fertilizer, and other inputs; organization and entry of field data; and processing soil, plant, and grain samples in the laboratory for moisture and quality. Job Requirements: General knowledge of or interest in learning about agronomic field and laboratory research. College-level computer skills, especially familiarity with Excel. Ability to undertake physically active field and laboratory work. Ability to follow directions, stay organized, and work independently. Ability to lift a 50-lb sack. Tolerance of dust, sun and field conditions. Available to work 10-15 hours per week during academic quarters and up to 20-25 hours per week during summer quarter. Student should be able to commit through at least the end of the summer quarter.	Plant	Field, Lab, Data entry	Quarterly	10-15 hours per week during academic quarters and up to 20-25 hours per week during summer quarter; starting ASAP and running at least through the end of summer quarter 2024	Davis	Paid	General knowledge of or interest in learning about agronomic field and laboratory research. College-level computer skills, especially familiarity with Excel. Ability to undertake physically active field and laboratory work. Ability to follow directions, stay organized, and work independently. Ability to lift a 50-lb sack. Tolerance of dust, sun and field conditions.	Submit resume, unofficial transcript & cover letter on Handshake: https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/jobs/8816150?ref=preview-header-click&search_id=cfb3e886-93eb-4e14-81b4-fc194522fe77		5/31/2024	Ongoing
20	8/22/2024 10:42:29	Fish Husbandry & Research Intern	Heather Bell	hnbell@ucdavis.edu	Wildlife Fish & Conservation Biology	Working in the Fish Conservation Physiology Lab, you will have the opportunity to work alongside researchers studying how environmental changes may impact the physiology and behavior of endangered California fish species, in addition to learning about standard fish husbandry and aquaculture practices. This internship will introduce you to fish husbandry, aquatic research, experimental design and construction, data collection, data entry, video data analysis, and lab safety and maintenance, while building skills in following detailed standard operating procedures, interpersonal communication, and team building.	Marine/coastal, Freshwater, Fish!	Field, Lab, Data entry, Data analysis	Quarterly	must be available 2-3 week day mornings (8-11 am or 9 am - 12 pm preferable), *afternoon shifts available too (between 12-4 pm), must be available some weekend mornings	4 facilities, 15-25 minute bike ride from Memorial Union	Units, Volunteer	must be available 2-3 week day mornings (8-11 am or 9 am - 12 pm preferable), *afternoon shifts available too (between 12-4 pm), must be available some weekend mornings, and seeking detail oriented individuals who can work independently & with a team.	https://forms.gle/kEsoBa7283CZxgk29	Please email hnbell@ucdavis.edu if you have any questions.	9/27/2024	One-time
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