Research Aide

Job Title: Research Aide

Department: FAES | Center for Lake Erie Area Research

Position Type: Temporary (Fixed Term)

Duration: April to mid‑November 2026 (flexible beginning and end dates)

Location: Stone Laboratory (0118), Put‑In‑Bay, Ohio

• Assist the Research Coordinator with current Stone Laboratory research projects and visiting researchers at the laboratory.
• Collect samples aboard Stone Laboratory research boats on Lake Erie.
• Prepare chemical solutions and assist in laboratory experiments.
• Maintain and sustain cultures of algae.
• Conduct analytical chemistry analysis of water samples and report data to Ohio EPA.
• Maintain clean analytical lab glassware and work with concentrated and caustic acids.
• Pickup samples collected by other researchers on the mainland.
• Assist with the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program.
• Prepare and maintain research facilities for utilization by visitors, faculty, researchers, and students.
• Conduct inventory of supplies and equipment; maintain and repair scientific equipment.
• Assist in generation of relevant laboratory reports, including data entry and analysis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High School graduate or Associate Degree required.
• 0–1 year(s) of relevant experience/demonstrated ability in routine field work.
• 0–2 years of relevant experience preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required; experience in biochemistry, molecular biology, and/or analytical chemistry laboratories desired.
• Successful completion of a background check required.
• Subject to pre‑consortium drug screening upon hire and additional screenings as required.

Scheduled

Hours:

40 per week. First Shift.

The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability. As required by Ohio Revised Code section , Ohio State will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly;

create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.