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 â€"œ 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
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 â€"œ 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
