Research Assistant Intern (Soil Carbon)

Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc • Falmouth, MA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Center’s 2026 Summer Internship Program on the Soil Carbon team as a Research Assistant Intern to help transform raw data into actionable insights for a sustainable future. The Soil Carbon Lab operates at the cutting edge of soil research and machine learning to improve how we measure, map, and model dynamic agricultural systems. This opportunity provides on-site mentoring, training, and group support.

Requirements

• Foundational understanding of soil systems or carbon cycling
• Familiarity with R or Python, with the ability to manipulate data and create visualizations
• Demonstrated experience with Data Analysis (e.g., coursework or projects involving statistics, data cleaning, or visualization)
• Currently enrolled (or will graduate in Spring 2026) in an undergraduate or graduate program in Environmental Science, Agriculture, Soil Science, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Bridge the gap between field science and data-driven insights by compiling and processing spectroscopy and geospatial data within reproducible analysis pipelines.
• Explore diverse datasets to uncover meaningful patterns, documenting scientific workflows, and presenting findings that directly inform our research on soil systems
• Apply data science and computational tools to one of Earth’s most complex and vital natural systems
• Data analysis with existing data (Open Soil Spectral Library) and potential collection of new data using our lab instruments

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern