Undergraduate Research Assistant - (Dr. Weston) Geography & the Environment - Military veterans preferred

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The Weston lab in the Department of Geography & the Environment at Villanova University is seeking student research assistants for the summer 2025 field season. The Weston lab investigates the impact of climate change and land use change in coastal ecosystems. The position duties will include field research, laboratory analyses, and other duties that may be assigned. The students will primarily conduct laboratory analyses and field research in support of an ongoing research project funded by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration examining the impacts of sea-level rise on tidal marsh ecosystems. The students will participate in field work in tidal marshes and estuaries and will perform laboratory analyses including gamma counting of soils, soil carbon measurements, and data preparation and organization. Field work will be occasionally physically demanding with long hours. This position requires willingness and ability to conduct field research in wetland systems, including travelling in a small vessel, and sometimes physically demanding work in hot or cold temperatures in muddy and buggy conditions. This position will also require occasional extended work hours to meet research objectives. The position will be primarily based at Villanova University, but will require travel and extended stay at field stations.

Field work will be occasionally physically demanding with long hours. This position requires willingness and ability to conduct field research in wetland systems, including travelling in a small vessel, and sometimes physically demanding work in hot or cold temperatures in muddy and buggy conditions. This position will also require occasional extended work hours to meet research objectives

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