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Paleontology Lab and Collections Manager

Requisition ID: 2024-7707

of Openings: 1

Location: US-UT-Price Category: Program Management and Support Position Type: Benefited Full-Time Job Classification: Exempt College: USU Eastern Department: USU Eastern-Administration Advertised Salary: Minimum of $40,000; Commensurate on education and experience, plus excellent benefits

Overview Paleontology Lab and Collections Manager:

The Prehistoric Museum at Utah State University Eastern invites applications for a permanent, full-time Paleontology Lab and Collections Manager (Curator, Associate). This is a newly created position that will primarily serve as chief fossil preparator and paleontological collections manager. This position integrates all aspects of paleontology, from field, to lab, to collections, in order to provide optimal, long-term care for paleontological specimens and data. As lab manager, the position will supervise preparation projects focused on both recently collected specimens and other fossils during the museum's 62-year history. As collections manager, the position will serve as caretaker for a growing collection that includes nine holotypes, with more to be named in the coming years. The lab and collections manager will also assist with and lead fieldwork across eastern and southern Utah in some of the richest fossil-bearing rocks on the planet. In all of these areas, the paleontology lab and collections manager is considered an essential part of a collaborative research team, and their contributions described below will be acknowledged with co-authorship in peer-reviewed publications where appropriate.

The Prehistoric Museum is located in Price, UT - the gateway to Utah's dinosaur country. The museum elucidates the history of life across eastern Utah and the Colorado Plateau, with a focus on its paleontological record and pre-Columbian human history, and educates the public about that history. The Prehistoric Museum currently houses over 8,000 paleontological specimens from across the region and beyond, with a majority of those specimens collected from within two hours of museum itself. The Prehistoric Museum has an active field program across the region, with a particular emphasis on the Mesozoic. Current field, lab, and collections projects include the Triassic Chinle Formation, Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, the marine Upper Cretaceous including the Mancos and Tropic shales, and the terrestrial Upper Cretaceous including the Neslen and North Horn formations, with plans to expand to other rock units in the near future.

Responsibilities Preparation Lab Management - 50%:

• Serves as chief preparator, directing day-to-day operations of the fossil preparation lab using best practices of AMMP, SVP and SPNHC.
• Oversees fossil preparation projects, including manual prep, chemical prep, screen washing, building archival cradles, etc. Maintains records documenting the preparation process.
• Trains and supervises student and volunteer preparators in best practices in fossil preparation.
• Maintains and repairs lab equipment; maintains adequate supplies of reagents and other materials.
• Ensures a safe workplace for all... For full info follow application link.

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