Cotton Student worker

Position Summary

The incumbent will assist Roberts Lab Research Professionals, postdocs, and undergraduate students with data collection and cleanup. On a weekly basis, the student will be responsible for driving to research sites and changing out sticky traps and then bringing the old traps back to the lab. The student will be responsible for assisting with collection and manual examination of plant material.

• Show up for work as scheduled
• Work up to 40 hours per week during the summer term
• Plant, fertilize, and water plants growing in the greenhouse for purposes of conducting research
• Assist postdoctoral scientists with trap labeling and organization, followed by sampling white flies in the field or on sticky cards placed throughout south Georgia
• Assist the graduate student with servicing insect traps in peanut processing and storage facilities located across south Georgia
• Assist the Research Professional with maintaining a clean and safe working environment for the benefit of all lab members
• Washing glassware, weighing out materials, and conducting laboratory assays under supervision
• Assist postdoctoral scientists with data collection in the field to include identification and enumeration of pests and natural enemies of cotton and grain sorghum
• Assist the Research Professional with grain sampling and grain movement

Will work outside under hot and humid conditions and lift up to 20 pounds. Driving.

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Name:
Sarah Hobby

Email: shobby