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Josh's Frogs

Insect Packing Technician

Owosso, MI

$16/hr

As an Insect Department team member, you'll assist with minimizing order delays or shortages, improving inefficient production processes, and increasing the quality of care for our critters. Your ...

Josh's Frogs

Insect Production Technician

Owosso, MI · On-site

$16/hr

As an Insect Department team member, you'll assist with packaging springtails and isopods for our customers' bioactive animal enclosures, feeding and maintaining springtails and isopods, and general ...

The Pennsylvania State University

POSITION SPECIFICS The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Full Professor in the Neurobiology of Insect Chemical Ecology in the Department of Entomology. This position is supported by the Huck ...

Adecco

Laboratory Assistant 2

Durham, NC · On-site

$25.42/hr

Set up, execute, and monitor insect bioassays for multiple insect species. * Prepare assay ... Entomology Team Support * Assist with greenhouse trial setups, plant maintenance, and sample ...

NCSU

Research Assistant

Raleigh, NC

$18.75 - $25.75/hr

... Assistant Anticipated Hiring Range $55,000 - $58,000 Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm ... Entomology and Plant Pathology houses the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic, the Larry Grand ...

Tamus

Research Assistant

College Station, TX

$16 - $22/hr

Job Title Research Assistant Agency Texas A&M Agrilife Research Department Entomology Proposed ... important insect traits (digestion, feeding, development, reproduction, DNA repair, etc ...

Kansas State University

Research Assistant

Manhattan, KS · On-site

$39K - $66K/yr

The Research Assistant will maintain insect colonies and cultures, perform molecular assays (DNA extraction, PCR/qPCR, and library preparation), process and document samples, manage laboratory ...

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Research Asst. - Insect Curation and Bird Nests - M. Akresh [Work Study]

Antioch University

Keene, NH • On-site

$19 - $26.25/hr

Full-time

Posted 21 days ago

Job description

* Applicants must be enrolled students at Antioch University living in the United States*
Start Date: 8/31/2026
End Date: 6/30/2027
Number of Positions: 3
Hours per Week: 60
Weekends Required: No
Evenings Required: No
Supervisor: Michael Akresh
Alternate Supervisor: Peter Palmiotto
This position allows for remote work Yes/No: Yes
Percentage of time that could be remote (0-100%): 80%, see below
Method to assess remote work: Supervisor will be in weekly communication with the students to monitor that the work is being completed. Supervisor will check insects that are being pinned, bird nests dissected, and data filled out. Through the above communication and checking, the supervisor will be able to assess if the work hours on task are accurately represented (given the amount of time it should take to complete the work). One outcome will be a collection of pinned and labelled insects (e.g., moths) and photographed insects. A second outcome will be completed datasets (e.g., moth counts, bird nest materials, etc.). The students will learn how to conduct research on insects and birds, and improve their data management skills.
Job Description
  • Assistants are needed to help with ongoing research on insect-habitat relationships and bird nest composition in forests in the Northeastern USA.
  • The research assistants will work with AUNE faculty and other collaborators. Lab work will entail pinning insect specimens (mostly moths), photographing moths from trap samples, identifying insects to species, and counting moths per trap-night (30 hours/wk).
  • Additional work includes organizing and managing collected data (e.g., taking pictures of collected insects and uploading these pictures to iNaturalist, organizing data in Excel), writing up summary reports, and potentially assisting with GIS and statistical analyses on the data (10 hours/week).
  • Additional work will help with ongoing research on the structure and composition of bird nests (20 hours/wk).
  • Assistant will measure, deconstruct, and weigh bird nests of various species.

Qualifications
  • Interest in research that focuses on insect communities and/or bird nests
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent data management and organizational skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Quantitative skills; ability to use Excel, and some familiarity and experience with using R and ArcGIS would be an added benefit
  • Federal work study funds

Does this position meet the definition of Community Service? No
How to Apply: Send a short cover letter of interest and your CV to Mike Akresh.
Email: [email protected]
Position Type: Work Study
Department: ES
To apply for this job email your details to makresh@antioch.edu

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