UGRA-Skripka

Oregon State University • Corvallis, OR

82d • $15 - $22 • Onsite

About The Position

This recruitment will be used to fill one (1) part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Research Assistant for the School of Chemistry at Oregon State University (OSU).

The UGRA will support ongoing experimental research on luminescence materials in the laboratory. The position will provide hands-on research experience to the student while advancing the lab's scientific goals through data collection, analysis, and routing laboratory tasks. The primary role of the student is to assist graduate students and the PI with experiments, instrumentation operation, sample preparation, and data processing.

Requirements

• Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
• Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
• Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard
• High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
• Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
• Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term
• Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
• Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term
• International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered "full-time" by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.
• Expertise in Schlenk line based colloidal synthesis of nanomaterials.

Responsibilities

• Experimental Work and Sample Preparation (50%): assist with laboratory experiments, preparation of chemical solutions and materials, and maintenance of experimental records.
• Data Collection and Analysis (30%): acquire, organize, and analyze data using laboratory software tools; maintain organized electronic and physical lab notebooks.
• Documentation and Research support (20%): prepare summaries of results, help interpret results, support graduate researchers and attend weekly check-in meetings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees