Application Deadline: July 17, 2020

Start Date: Sept 1, 2020

Wildlife Ecology Institute has 2 employment opportunities, each a limited-duration (1–3 yr) full-time field technician to assist with a new project focused on assessing population declines and disease of gray foxes in Indiana.

This project is comprehensive, with objectives related to space use, resource selection, survival, cause-specific mortality, disease and parasites, diet, and genetics.

Ideal candidates will have experience capturing, handling, and radiomarking (GPS collars) mammals, including chemical immobilization (e.g., intramuscular injection, gas anesthesia), collection of blood and tissue samples for DNA and disease surveillance, collection and identification of endo- and ectoparasites, performing basic necropsies, etc.