Ebba Lab​/Student

Position Summary

This recruitment is for a student research assistant (maximum 24 hours per week during academic terms and maximum 40 hours per week during academic breaks) in a program investigating Phytophthora epidemiology and management, particularly of species impacting woody horticultural crops and native forests (e.g., Phytophthora ramorum).

Research duties include the transfer and maintenance of plant pathogen cultures of fungi and oomycetes, inoculation of plants, experiment set‑up, data collection, and data entry. The student will also perform basic lab maintenance (dish washing, agar media preparation) and greenhouse (fertilizing, up‑potting) tasks. Opportunities to assist researchers in sample and data collection at remote field locations are available. Depending on the students’ ability to meet/exceed the expectations of this position, opportunities to perform an independent project may be presented.

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career‑readiness skills in the primary areas below:
Critical Thinking, Leadership, Career & Self‑Development.

• Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
• Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
• Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard
  • High School student:
    Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home‑schooling program
  • Undergraduate and post‑baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
  • Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
  • Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
  • Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*

* International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered “full‑time” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

The ability to closely follow directions, pay attention to detail, work independently without supervision, and communicate professionally are required.

We prefer students with a background/interest in plant pathology, botany, forest health, horticulture, soil science, or microbiology. Students with an interest in performing both field work and lab bench work (for example, experiments utilizing sterile technique and DNA extraction & PCR diagnostics) are especially encouraged to apply.

Work is mainly performed in scientific laboratory, research greenhouses, and office settings. Field work includes rigorous hiking and sample collection in coastal forests of Oregon and California. Field work will likely include exposure to poison oak.

For additional information please contact:
Ebba Peterson at ebba.peterson

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

This position is designated as a critical or security‑sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard 576‑055‑0000 et seq. Incumbents are required to self‑report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.

Note:

All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.