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• Lab Student Hourly at Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

  Jan 21, 2025 9:00 am

   The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign is seeking two student hourlies to support a cutting-edge research project focused on waste characterization, spectrometry and machine learning integration, and biofertilizer utilization. This is an excellent opportunity for students in environmental science, biochemistry, digital agriculture, or related fields to gain hands-on experience with advanced analytical techniques and data processing methods.

• Senior Scientific Specialist, Aquatic Ecology - Illinois Natural History Survey

  Jan 17, 2025 10:15 am

  The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) is seeking an Aquatic Ecologist who will plan, coordinate, and conduct basic research and applied studies related to Great Lakes Aquatic Ecology and communicate the results of those studies in a variety of formats and venues.

  This in-person position is located in Zion, Illinois at the Lake Michigan Biological Station. 

• Senior Scientific Specialist or Assistant Research Scientist, Botany - Illinois Natural History Survey

  Jan 17, 2025 10:15 am

  The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS)  is seeking a Botanist at either the Senior Scientific Specialist or Assistant Research Scientist level. The selected candidate will be responsible for coordinating activities for a three-year NOAA-funded project. The project is a collaboration between the Illinois Natural History Survey, the Illinois State Geological Survey, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, to assess plant communities, hydrology, and water quality in relation to restoration efforts at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion, IL. This position will coordinate surveys of vegetative communities using field-based sampling techniques as well as drone-based aerial imagery analysis. The individual will communicate with the Principal Investigators, supervise hourly staff, and assist in all aspects of data collection, entry, analysis, and dissemination. The individual will also assist in Outreach and Education events and the development of a CoastSnap station to engage citizen scientists.

  This position is located in Champaign, Illinois on the University of Illinois campus. However, remote work options may be available.

• Visiting Senior Scientific Specialist, Epidemiology - Illinois Natural History Survey

  Jan 17, 2025 9:45 am

  The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) is seeking a Visiting Epidemiologist who will contribute to the survey's research activities by conducting research and laboratory work on various aspects of chronic wasting disease (CWD) epidemiology, including indirect environmental transmission, interactions with other microorganisms, and tissue degradation.

  This position is located in Champaign, Illinois on the University of Illinois Campus, however, remote work options may be available. 

• Associate Research Scientist, Glacial Geology - Illinois State Geological Survey - Deadline to Apply 6:00 p.m. February 21, 2025

  Jan 14, 2025 7:30 am

  The Illinois State Geological Survey is seeking to hire an Assistant Research Scientist, Glacial Geology to lead basic and applied research programs, including geological mapping, in areas of glacial, proglacial and nonglacial Quaternary deposits and paleoenvironments.

• Director, Roadside Ecology Center, Prairie Research Institute

  Jan 13, 2025 9:45 am

  The Prairie Research Institute (PRI), a research and service institute of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is seeking a dynamic Director for our Roadside Ecology Center. As a member of the PRI Leadership Team, the Director will participate in strategic project leadership, and overall administration for the development, coordination, and implementation of scientific research.   

  This is an in-person position based in Champaign, Illinois, with competitive compensation and the chance to collaborate with top experts across diverse disciplines. 

• Environmental Laboratory Assistant (Hourly Assistant)

  Jan 10, 2025 4:15 pm

  Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
  

  We are seeking an individual to provide support in an environmental lab.

  Duties will include glassware cleaning, housekeeping, reagent and sample preparations. The candidate will be trained and required to support projects relating to environmental contaminants, with a focus on rare earth elements. This will include the processing of aqueous and solid samples. The candidate will also perform ion chromatography and spectroscopic analysis of materials and will prepare data reports for review. 

• Avian Field Technician (Hourly) - Illinois Natural History Survey

  Jan 9, 2025 11:30 am

  The Illinois Natural History Survey is seeking up to 2 Field Technicians who will assist with a project examining which bird species are using private lands enrolled under the Illinois Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP), the Illinois Conservation Stewardship Program, and the Illinois Forestry Development Act, and how habitat provided by these properties’ changes over time.

• Undergraduate Hourly and/or Graduate Hourly Position

  Jan 9, 2025 9:00 am

  The Illinois State Geological Survey is seeking up to three motivated students to participate in geological core samples and paleontological specimen management, digitization, and data preservation.  

• Director for IDOT Projects - Prairie Research Institute

  Dec 20, 2024 5:00 pm

  The Prairie Research Institute (PRI), a research and service institute of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is seeking a dynamic Director for IDOT Projects to coordinate, organize, and manage the various IDOT programs and projects at the Institute. This position will implement strategic planning and maintain relationships with project stakeholders, including colleagues within PRI and IDOT, and act as the primary liaison for critical external relationships. This individual will be responsible for establishing goals and ensuring that staff and resources are directed efficiently toward achieving IDOT project goals and research objectives. This is an in-person position based in Champaign, Illinois. 

• Director, Illinois Natural History Survey - PRI

  Dec 17, 2024 11:00 am

  The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS), a leader in investigating and preserving biological resources in Illinois and beyond, is seeking a visionary Director and Principal Research Scientist. This dual-role position offers a unique opportunity to direct strategic initiatives, lead groundbreaking research, and influence conservation efforts. While this position offers an opportunity to independently develop a research program, the main focus of this position will be as Director and will provide strategic leadership and administration for INHS. 

   

• Bat Survey Field Technician (Hourly) - Illinois Natural History Survey/PRI

  Dec 11, 2024 5:00 pm

  The Illinois Natural History Survey is seeking 2 field technicians to assist with the 2025 summer field sampling for the Illinois Bat Conservation Program (IBCP), including acoustic surveys and mist netting. 

• Hydrology in Water Supply Planning - Illinois State Water Survey

  Dec 5, 2024 5:30 pm

  The Prairie Research Institute (PRI) is seeking to hire a Water Resources Engineer (Official Title: Visiting Scientific Specialist, Water Resources Engineering) to administer research activities of the Survey by developing, planning, directing, and conducting basic and applied research as it relates to water resources hydrologic modeling, water-energy nexus, and water supply planning in the Watershed Sciences section.

• NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program - Illinois Natural History Survey - Deadline to Apply: February 3, 2025

  Dec 3, 2024 10:00 am

  The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program sponsored by the National Science Foundation supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the Foundation. The Illinois Natural History Survey (Prairie Research Institute) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is seeking undergraduate students who want to be involved in an ongoing research project focused on the detection and characterization of phytoplasmas, a group of bacteria associated with insects (vectors, primarily Hemiptera) and plants (hosts) and implicated in plant disease.

• Macroinvertebrate Technician (Hourly) - Illinois Natural History Survey : Macomb, Illinois

  Nov 19, 2024 5:00 pm

  The Illinois River Biological Station is seeking two technicians to conduct applied research in aquatic ecology and large river systems and process riverine samples for aquatic macroinvertebrates.  throughout the state of Illinois. This position will be 40 hours per week and will be based in Macomb, Illinois.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Analytical Chemistry - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

  Oct 30, 2024 9:00 am

  The researcher will primarily focus on developing analytical methods for major cations, anions, trace metals, and rare earth elements (REE) in CCR effluents. Desired expertise includes inorganic analytical chemistry, sample enrichment/separation, spectroscopic analytical instrumentation, and processing of REE and critical minerals (CM).

• Graduate Research Assistantships (MS or Ph.D.) - Aquatic Ecology - Illinois Natural History Survey

  Oct 17, 2024 10:45 am

  The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) is seeking 2 graduate research assistants (GRAs) starting Summer or Fall 2025 to conduct research in the areas of aquatic ecology, invasion biology, or fisheries ecology. MS or PhD GRAs are available to research topics such as sport fish growth and recruitment, habitat enhancements for reservoir fisheries, riverine larval fish ecology, and harvest regulations.

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Climatology

  Oct 15, 2024 10:15 am

  Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Maritime to Inland Transitions Towards ENvironments for Convection Initiation (MITTEN-CI) 
  

  A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available to join a university institute-based research group focused on analyzing observational data and improving understanding of the evolution of the lower atmosphere in response to differing land/water areas traversed by the air in the Great Lakes region. Prospective candidates must have a strong background in atmospheric science, as well as extensive programming and data visualization skills.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Prairie Research Institute

  Oct 1, 2024 12:00 pm

  The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate to conduct laboratory and field experiments for plant uptake and mitigation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) derived from biosolids applicaiton. In particular, there is interest in developing new treatment techniques to remediate these forever chemicals in various environmental media including water, soils, biosolids and food plants.

• Graduate Research Assistantship (Ph.D.) (Pollinators) - Illinois Natural History Survey

  Aug 22, 2024 12:15 pm

  The Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) and the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are seeking a Graduate Research Assistant at the Ph.D. level to work on plants, pollinators, and conservation in Illinois. The student will work with Dr. Mark Davis (INHS) and Dr. Adam Dolezal (Entomology).