Graduate Research

Currently, no new graduate research assistantships are available.

Post-Doctoral Research

Currently, no post-doctoral research positions are available.

Undergraduate Research Internships

Our research team would like to invite you to join us in our landscape-scale ecological research. We conduct several projects that involve vast vegetation and elevation mapping components that are then used for landscape-scale analysis of vegetation pattern changes and how they impact the fauna. You will develop skills in remote sensing, GIS, field survey methods (GPS, photogrammetry, LiDAR), and data analysis. You will participate in data collection campaigns in remote areas of the Everglades that are only accessible by airboat or helicopter and get unique perspectives of different Everglades ecosystems.

We offer paid undergraduate assistantships for students that can commit to at least 5 hours per week (no more than 15 hours) for at least two consecutive semesters. Volunteer opportunities are also available for students interested in landscape ecology. We welcome all curious minds to participate in research project discussions and lab meetings.

For initial inquiry contact Dr. Daniel Gann at gannd@fiu.edu. Include a statement of your research interest in our current projects and your unofficial transcript and an estimated time commitment for the current and the coming semester.

Technical Job Openings

Lab Manager

The lab manager will be responsible for planning, organizing, and conducting all research project-related field campaigns in support of research projects within the greater Everglades ecosystem, and to provide technical training to students, employees, and volunteers in the lab.

Job Summary

Manages the day-to-day project-related field operations of the Spatial Ecology Lab at Florida International University. Conducts independent research-related tasks including data processing, and analysis, and assists graduate students and research assistants in the field. Maintains geospatial and relational databases, data processing environments, GNSS, and other field data collection equipment and the associated software.

• Plans, coordinates, and conducts research project-related field campaigns. Provides training as needed to graduate students and volunteers.
• Maintains project-related databases and datasets including creation of metadata.
• Participates in research report writing.
• Maintain survey equipment and software for all lab computers.
• Assists graduate students with their field needs by operating trucks and boats and surveying equipment support in the field.
• Ensure all students, research assistants, post-doctoral researchers, and volunteers adhere to laboratory policies and procedures while in the lab and the field.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.

Desired Qualifications

• Education in Biology, Environmental Science, or related field.
• Experience in RTK surveying, remote sensing, and geographic information systems (GIS).
• Experience with laboratory and field QA/QC protocols for environmental sampling and analysis, laboratory safety procedures, small vessel operation, navigation, and safety.
• Experience flying to study sites in a helicopter or ride by airboat and conducting fieldwork in locations lacking cell phone contact.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply to Job Opening ID 531275 at https://hr.fiu.edu/careers/.

Spatial Ecology Lab

11200 SW 8th Street
Florida International University, MMC 
CASE Room 162
Miami, FL 33199 USA

Phone: 305-348-1971