Location: West Lafayette, IN
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Req Id: 42039 Job Title: Research Associate and Academic Program Coordinator City: West Lafayette ## **Job Summary** The Research Associate and Academic Program Coordinator will conduct applied research and provide academic program administration in support of forestry and natural resources initiatives. In this role, you will plan research objectives, execute research methods, gather and verify data, conduct stakeholder outreach, create research databases and GIS-based outputs, and support dissemination of findings through reports, presentations, and publications. The research component of the position will focus on two major initiatives: creating a directory of living forest genetic trials across the eastern United States and establishing an online database for synthesizing forest invasive pest survey data in the eastern United States. In addition, you will also provide administrative and programmatic support for a professional master’s program in Digital Ecology and Natural Resources. ## **What You'll Be Doing:** - Collaborating with the Principal Investigator to define research objectives, refine methodology, and update procedures as needed - Developing and distributing email surveys to state and federal agencies, land-grant universities, NRS offices, current and former project managers, and other relevant collaborators - Gathering information on surviving genetic plantings with pedigreed information, including plantings where at least the mother tree or genotype of each tree is known - Update the status of trials listed in the 1981 publication and adding studies established since 1981 to the genetic trial directory - Verifying plantation sites using satellite data and other geospatial resources - Geotagging the presence or absence of plantations and document verification status - Creating a digital linkage among plantings, former and current managers, and the location of related paper files or archival records - Developing a searchable database and GIS map that