Faculty Research Assistant: Aquaculture Research

Medford, Oregon Full Time

Job Details

e Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Resources Studies ( CIMERS ) invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE ), 12-month, fixed-term, Faculty Research Assistant: Aquaculture Research position. Reappointment is at the discretion of the Director. This position is located in Port Orchard, Washington. This position will work for CIMERS and be co-located at the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center’s Manchester Research Station in Port Orchard, Washington at the direction of NOAA and OSU research leads.

This position is charged with successfully managing day-to-day technical processes to support the operations of the lab, calibration of equipment, husbandry of research animals, and generating, administering, and testing vaccine strategies, feed diets, and disease susceptibility/resistance in aquaculture research. The position is also responsible for documenting research trials, filing reports, and frequent communication with lead PIs.
 

Requirements

What You Will Need

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in Marine Sciences.
  • Course work in aquaculture.
  • Experience in working with diseases that affect aquatic species.
  • Experience in fish husbandry practices of aquatic species, and knowledge of water quality issues that may affect aquatic species.
  • Ability to foster an inclusive research environment and embrace all ideas, perspectives and backgrounds.
  • Ability to secure authorization to work in a federal science facility.

 

What We Would Like You To Have

  • Experience working with coldwater marine species such as sablefish (black cod).
  • Experience conducting fish vaccine studies and sampling for disease or immunology research.
  • Experience with statistical analysis of biological data.
  • Knowledge and experience running laboratory assays (immunoassays, gene expression, ELISAs, gene expression, etc.) on blood or other tissues from aquatic animals.
  • Course work in statistics and experience with statistical software such as R or MATLAB .
  • Experience with conducting research in a NOAA aquaculture facility

Contact Information

Oregon State University



https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/175644

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Closing Date 01/09/2026

https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/175644/pre_apply


Post Date: 12/27/2025 9:55:07 AM
Closing Date: 1/9/2026 12:00:00 AM