Careers Job Description
General Description
The selected Research Associate with be responsible for analyzing and disseminating results from PI Baden’s long-term Ranomafana Ruffed Lemur Project. Responsibilities will include securing permits & coordinating export/import of plant and animal samples; analyzing samples in the lab (nutrition, genetic, hormone assays); training visiting students and collaborators in lab methods; analyzing and interpreting data; and disseminating results in the form of conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. All lab assays, analyses and publications will be performed in consultation with, and approved and co-authored by PI Baden.
Other Duties
- Secure permits & coordinate export/import of plant and animal samples
- Analyze samples in the lab (nutrition, genetic, hormone assays)
- Train visiting students and collaborators in lab methods
- Analyze and interpret data
- Disseminate results as conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications
Qualifications
- MA in Biological Anthropology, Biology, or similar
- Experience running nutrition, hormone, and genetics assays in the lab;
- Strong publication record;
- Excellent oral and written communication;
- Strong organizational skills with ability to establish plans, manage a large and varied workload of assignments with conflicting priorities, follow up and complete work by set deadlines;
- Detail oriented and accurate with strong numerical analysis, evaluation, and research skills;
- Ability to work productively as an individual contributor and collaboratively as a team member in a time-sensitive role;
- Proficiency using computers and standard office, financial and relational database applications and systems, especially MS Excel, Office 365, Power Point, R;
- Demonstrated multicultural competency and ability to build strong relationships with students from a variety of backgrounds;
- Demonstrated commitment to building and sustaining an inclusive community.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Anthropology
Full Time
$65,000.00 - $76,500.00
Jan 10, 2025 (Or Until Filled)