JOB SUMMARY: This position is a Geneticist, GS- 0440-12 working in Lamar, Pennsylvania for the R5-Lamar NFH and Northeast Fishery Center. This position is also open to status candidates under announcement R5-25-12650651-LL-MP. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods. MAJOR DUTIES: The Northeast Fishery Center, located in Lamar, Pennsylvania. Lamar is located in a rural area surrounded by agriculture, state forest and game lands, high-quality fishing streams, and near college towns including State College, PA, the home of Penn State University, and Lock Haven, PA where Lock Haven University is located. The Northeast Fishery Center includes both the Lamar Fish Technology Center and Lamar Fish Health Center. The Lamar Fish Technology Center provides research capabilities and technical expertise in areas including fish culture, population dynamics, and conservation genetics. The Conservation Genetics Lab works closely with partners in the FWS and elsewhere to apply genetic methods to issues conservation, and focuses on population genetics, environmental DNA, and genomics applications. The Conservation Genetics Lab works with partners to develop, conduct, and interpret genetics projects. Genetic projects include monitoring estimates of genetic diversity, defining populations, identifying species, and conducting environmental DNA analysis and research in the lab and field. The duties for this position include, but are not limited to: Coordinate, lead, and manage genetics projects focusing on metabarcoding applications Develop and lead research related to application of genetic methods for detection of invasive species bioinformatics analysis resulting from metabarcoding data Provide technical expertise for genetic data analysis and data management Provide technical assistance and conduct genetic sequence alignments for genomic sequencing Provide overall technical coordination and interpretation and conduct complex molecular genetics analyses for a variety of projects Provide oral presentation at workshops, symposia, and other scientific meetings IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.
