RESEARCH SCIENTIST/ENGINEER 1

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Working with the Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) PI, Conservation Canines (CK9) Operations Manager, and CK9 Project Leads, the person in this position will participate hands-on research and basic project management activities related to applying detection dog methodology to a wide variety of research projects.  These research projects are often centered around wildlife conservation, but may include other scientific fields such as environmental toxicology, forensic science, or invasive species biology.  The person in this position will be part of any number of internal CCB research projects, as well as research projects directed by external collaborators and clients such as government agencies, non-profit research groups, or private companies. 

The ability to work with detection dogs is a unique and highly specialized research technique that goes far beyond animal husbandry.  The person in this position will have advanced to a stage of skill with this research technique that they no longer are considered apprentices, and are deemed capable of applying the research method independently in the field, under the supervision of a Project Lead.            

RESPONSIBILITIES
Research
Effective application of scent detection dog methodology to the search for molecular samples: