summer 2007 job opportunity for a budding aquarist

sirrus6 · #1 02/02/2007, 08:01 AM

Amateur Aquarist Job Opportunity

Who: An aquarist interested in exploring research projects in reef tank science. The applicant must have some experience with maintaining a reef tank. Since this research will be conducted on a College campus, the ideal candidate will be either a College student or a mature High School student who is looking for a summer job in 2007.

What: Two projects will be investigated: (1) Quantifying the capacity of aquarium devices (carbon reactor, protein skimmers) to remove organic materials from aquarium water. (2) Studying the effect of incident light frequency on coral coloration. See http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/pr/index.php, for an example of the former type of project.

Where: The Chemistry Department on the campus of the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. Housing accommodations can be secured on-campus (http://www.hfs.psu.edu/rates/summer01.shtml). In addition, there are many opportunities to sublet apartments in State College for the summer. This latter alternative should be significantly cheaper.

When: Maximum time period: May 7 – August 17 (15 weeks). A minimum of 10 weeks is required.

Salary: $300/wk

Interested applicants should send, by March 16,

(a) a resume/CV
(b) a brief statement describing your reef tank experience, your interests in school, and your future career plans to the extent that they are currently in focus.
(c) a copy of your College (High School) transcript
(d) at least two references (names, relationship to you, phone # and e-mail address)

to

Professor Ken Feldman
104 Chemistry Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802

e-mail inquiries and e-mail applications are preferred:

ksf@chem.psu.edu
http://www.reefkeeping.com/authors/kf.php

Python73 · #2 02/02/2007, 08:53 AM

This is a pretty sweet opportunity. I hope someone from the clubs jumps on it.

S !

RoyalEnchntrss · #3 02/03/2007, 06:28 PM

This would be awesome but I'm not a college student lol

stewie24 · #4 02/04/2007, 12:54 PM

Oh snap. If i didn't have to do an internship related to my major yet, i'd jump all over this being that I'm already a student up here. grr just my luck.
Stewie

psusocr · #5 02/04/2007, 03:21 PM

ill be applying for sure

PatrickJ · #6 09/08/2007, 11:22 AM

Wish I could apply, but I live in New Orleans...