Field Research Specialist, AgNUE

This position requires in-person work on campus and may require working outside standard hours including evenings and occasional weekends.

This position is eligible for sponsorship for work authorization, except for sponsorship of a new H1B petition that would incur the $100,000 fee.

The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was founded in 1867. The university serves the people of Illinois through a shared commitment to excellence in teaching, research, public engagement, economic development and health care. Faculty, staffand students share their knowledge, expertise and resources with residents in every corner of the state through public service and outreach programs.

A field research specialist position is available in the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment in support of the Agricultural Nitrogen Use Efficiency Platform (AgNUE) project funded by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. The mission of AgNUE is to enhance the accuracy of models that predict field-scale nitrogen cycling to improve NUE and reduce nitrogen losses, specifically nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching, by establishing an international research platform of high-resolution multi-scale measurements and advanced modelling that integrates mitigation technologies and management under diverse bioclimatic zones.

This position will support research activities at the University of Illinois supersite for multi-scale measurements, mechanistic experiments investigating controls on the fate of nitrogen, and soil microbial screening for microbial predictors of nitrogen use efficiency and nitrogen gas emissions.

Assist with field work and laboratory experiments; collect and analyze plant, soil, gas and water samples for CABBI and AgNUE research projects; and support lab activities as part of the CABBI and AgNUE projects.

This position requires in-person work on campus and may require working outside standard hours including evenings and occasional weekends.

This position is eligible for sponsorship for work authorization, except for sponsorship of a new H1B petition that would incur the $100,000 fee.

The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was founded in 1867. The university serves the people of Illinois through a shared commitment to excellence in teaching, research, public engagement, economic development and health care. Faculty, staffand students share their knowledge, expertise and resources with residents in every corner of the state through public service and outreach programs.

A field research specialist position is available in the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment in support of the Agricultural Nitrogen Use Efficiency Platform (AgNUE) project funded by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. The mission of AgNUE is to enhance the accuracy of models that predict field-scale nitrogen cycling to improve NUE and reduce nitrogen losses, specifically nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching, by establishing an international research platform of high-resolution multi-scale measurements and advanced modelling that integrates mitigation technologies and management under diverse bioclimatic zones.

This position will support research activities at the University of Illinois…