Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine Sensing & Technology

Postdoctoral position managing a project to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of sonar data systems in Lake Superior using AI software and using weather, maritime, and environmental data to enhance the safety and security of local populations. The postdoctoral fellow will run and coordinate all field and laboratory activities including planning, execution, sample and equipment flow, and day-to-day coordination of the undergraduate technicians. In addition, the postdoctoral fellow will supervise project personnel including two extension associates working in outreach and workforce development.

This is a Full Time for 1 year position with the possibility for extending an additional year.

Job Duties:

1. Participate in planning, instrumenting, collecting, processing, and analyzing data from Lake Superior sensors (50%)
   1. Analyze data to answer important questions concerning Lake Superior and other Great Lakes
   2. Assure the quality control of samples, analyses and data. Creating databases for the secure storage of data. Analyzing data and preparing reports and manuscripts
   3. Collaborate with extension personnel to develop data delivery methods appropriate to provide data to communities in ways communities can understand and use
   4. Collaborate with the PI and co-PIs on preparing research results for publication
   5. Interact with Large Lakes Observatory personnel to plan and execute data collections and analyses
      
2. Serve as the project manager for the MNSG project a project to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of sonar data systems in Lake Superior using AI software and using weather, maritime, and environmental data to enhance the safety and security of local populations (40%)
   1. Interact with project partners from industry and academia
   2. Supervise project personnel consisting of two extension associates
      
3. Participate in general core MNSG activities (10%)
   1. Attend staff and other required meetings
   2. Maintain a current calendar of events, travel, and program activity viewable to all staff
   3. Report work activity on a regular basis using program forms, databases, or other formats as requested
   4. Help write, edit, design, review, and/or produce documents critical to Sea Grant such as strategic plans, grant proposals, and progress reports
   5. Participate in professional development opportunities and mandatory training as required by MNSG and the University of Minnesota
   6. Serve on MNSG, Great Lakes Sea Grant, U of Minnesota, National Sea Grant, and other committees as requested
      

Required Qualifications:

• PhD in limnology, marine science, coastal engineering or related field
• Demonstrated record of research productivity, as evidenced by scholarly publications in peer-reviewed journals or other products
• Demonstrated proficiency in marine technology and continuous monitoring
• Demonstrated ability to work with scientists and industry
• Proficiency in written and oral communication in English
• Proficiency in working with large datasets
• Knowledge of electronics and digital communications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with global upscaling methods and approaches
• Experience supervising graduate students, undergraduates or junior personnel
• Successful grant writing experience.

Minnesota Sea Grant (MNSG) is a systemwide program of the University of Minnesota and one of 34 federal-university Sea Grant partnerships across the country that bring applied water science to communities. MNSG's extension educators, researchers and communicators work with community members, local decision-makers, policy leaders, and personnel from resource agencies, business and industry to protect, enhance and restore habitats, ecosystems and the services those ecosystems provide. We are what makes the University of Minnesota a Sea Grant institution.

The Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) is located on the Duluth Campus of the University of Minnesota and is part of the Swenson College of Science and Engineering. The LLO is the only institute in the country dedicated to the study of large lakes throughout the world. We focus on the global implications of our investigations in the areas of aquatic chemistry, circulation dynamics, geochemistry, acoustic remote sensing, plankton dynamics, sedimentology and paleoclimatology.

Pay Range: $58,685 - $62,629 annual; depending on education/qualifications/experience.

Retirement plan options are available for Civil Service, Faculty, Labor-Represented, Professional & Administrative, and Temp Casual classifications. Learn more about retirement plans.

Student positions are a form of financial support while pursuing an education at the University of Minnesota.

Applications must be submitted online, go to http://www.umn.edu/ohr/employment/ and search for job opening 371379. To be considered for this position, please click the Apply button and follow the instructions. You will have the opportunity to complete an online application for the position and attach a resume.

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• Please attach a cover letter, indicating how your experience meets the job required and preferred qualifications, and a resume or curriculum vita

This position will remain open until filled.

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University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD)

The University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD) consistently ranks among the top Midwestern, regional universities in U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges" issue.

Overlooking Lake Superior, UMD provides an alternative to both large research and small liberal arts environments and attracts students looking for a personalized learning experience on a medium-sized campus of a major university. A firm liberal arts foundation anchors a variety of traditional degree programs, as well as professional and graduate students that draw on UMD's many research institutes and labs.

At the University of Minnesota, we are proud to be recognized by the Star Tribune as a Top Workplace for 2021, as well as by Forbes as Best Employers for Women and one of America's Best Employers (2015, 2018, 2019, 2023), Best Employer for Diversity (2019, 2020), Best Employer for New Grads (2018, 2019), and Best Employer by State (2019, 2022).