[Biostudent] Summer Employment - Plant Ecophysiology and Modeling Lab

[Biology Advising]

Job title: Plant Ecophysiology and Modeling Academic Student Employee


Job description:
● Job type: Academic Student Employee
● Department: Plant Ecophysiology and Modeling Lab, School of Environmental
and Forest Sciences, UW Seattle
● Locations: UW Center for Urban Horticulture (primarily) and remote
(occasionally)
● Duration: Summer quarter 2022 (6/16/2022 - 9/15/2022)
● Work hours: 10-20 hours / week
● Compensation: $17.85 / hour


Project description:
The Plant Ecophysiology and Modeling Lab seeks to hire three Academic
Student Employees to assist research projects addressing urban
horticulture, sustainable agricultural production, and landscape
conservation and restoration. We use plant ecophysiological and computer
modeling techniques at scales spanning from cell to plant to landscape to
ask research questions such as:

1. What impacts do mild and severe drought have on landscape plant
performance, morphology, and physiology?
2. How do plant-microbe interactions modify host physiology to improve
productivity and resilience to nutrient, water, and salt stresses?
3. How can computer models be used to predict changes in species
distribution, phenology, and photosynthesis in response to climate change?


These research questions inform greenhouse and field experiments that test
how plants interact with their environment and develop computer modeling
tools to test research hypotheses. Products from this research are shared
via presentation and publication, as well as through community outreach.
The Plant Ecophysiology and Modeling Lab strives to do science that is
just, fun, and that expands our knowledge of plant functions in the
environment. ASE’s will contribute to these efforts by assisting with
experiments and model development. Tasks may range from the field to the
computer console with movement between research projects and questions.



Highly motivated and capable candidates may have the opportunity to
continue into the
fall to develop an independent research project.


Duties may include:
● Install and maintain greenhouse and field experiments
● Collect greenhouse and field data including leaf gas exchange,
chlorophyll fluorescence, epidermal patterning, reproductive success,
nutrition, plant architecture and aesthetics, biomass productivity, etc
● Use image-based phenotyping and machine learning to measure biomass
productivity, root architecture, and pollen germination
● Process dry, wet, and frozen tissue samples
● Reimplement phenology prediction and legacy crop models from Python and
Fortran
● Design and implement expanded crop modeling applications including
grid-based simulation (i.e. GDAL, GeoArrays) and machine learning
interfaces (i.e. SciML)
● Contribute to project meetings
Qualifications / Requirements:
● Work independently and in teams
● Follow detailed experimental protocols
● Maintain detailed records, curate data, analyze results, and generate
reports and
technical documents
● Proficiency with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams)



Preferred specializations:
● Experience with plant ecophysiology techniques (LI-COR systems, plant
growth
analysis, water potential, microscopy, laboratory bench work)
● Knowledge of plant biology through work or classes (e.g., Advanced Plant
Physiology, Plant Ecophysiology, Plant Modeling)
● Programming language experience (Julia, Python, R, C/C++, Fortran, etc)
● Collaborative development experience (Git, GitHub, etc)
Application materials:
● CV/resume
● Cover letter
● Develop a brief hypothesis in response to a research question (listed
above under project description)

*Please send application materials in .pdf format to hwhsu at uw.edu
<hwhsu at uw.edu> by May 1, 2022*

*Please contact hwhsu at uw.edu <hwhsu at uw.edu> if you have any questions.*



ASE positions are open to currently enrolled undergraduate students at the
University of Washington. ASE’s with a spring 2022 graduation date are
eligible for summer quarter. Students are encouraged to apply regardless of
declared major

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