Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

The Fundação Oswaldo Cruz is an institution which focuses on research and development in the sciences. The university is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It was founded by Dr Oswaldo Cruz, a noted physician and epidemiologist. It was founded in 1900 and has since gone on to contribute to the eradication of the bubonic plague and yellow fever in Rio de Janeiro. 
The Institute was also a key player in the creation of the National Department of Public Health in 1920.
The institute carries out many research projects into a range of conditions such as AIDS, malaria, Chagas disease, tuberculosis, leprosy, measles, rubella, schistosomiasis, meningitis and hepatitis. The institute also conducts research to other topics related to public health, including violence and climate change.
Some 32 graduate programmes are on offer at the institute.

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Australia, Camperdown


	Part time fixed term 0.2 FTE October 2025 until June 2028 
	Make an international impact on the field of preconception health care
	Base Salary $156,103 (pro rata) + 17% superannuation 


About the opportunity

We have an opportunity for a Senior Research Fellow in women's reproductive health with a focus on the field of preconception care to join a research project, led by Professor Kirsten Black in the Sydney Medical School of the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health. This role is part of SPHERE 2.0 the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Women's Reproductive Health in Primary Care.

Your key responsibilities will be to:


	Work within the CRE SPHERE 2.0 to support and develop research in the field of preconception care
	Identifying gaps, needs and targets for new interventions in the field of preconception care in primary care
	Attract and supervise HDR students working in women's reproductive health.
	Contribute to postgraduate teaching in preconception care.


About you


	PhD in Medicine with a focus on women's reproductive health
	acknowledged at a national level as influential in expanding knowledge within the field of preconception health
	has an established network of relationships with key academic, industry and professional institutions, partners and stakeholders that can be leveraged to enhance the standing of the discipline, School/ Faculty and University
	demonstrated excellence in research, scholarly activities relevant to the discipline
	significant experience in supervising others and coordinating team activities.


Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Work Rights: you must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

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The University of Sydney

Morocco

General:

The UM6P Institute of Applied Physics constitutes a dynamic community comprising faculty members, students, postdocs, and administrative and technical staff, all dedicated to UM6P’s mission as a student-centered research university. The institute's research focuses on establishing advanced research and education environments, nurturing upcoming generations of physicists and faculty, particularly emphasizing Condensed Matter Physics, Nanoscience, Photonics, Nuclear, Cosmology, and Particle Physics.

The UM6P Engineering Physics School (EPS), established by UM6P, stands as a premier engineering physics school in Morocco. Over a three-year program, it trains physicists to emerge as future entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals in the Kingdom and across Africa. The program awards an EPS engineering degree, and its education and research are developed at the UM6P Institute of Applied Physics.

Teaching: The ideal candidate should demonstrate proficiency in teaching at all Engineering Physics School (EPS) levels. He/she must deliver nuclear or applied physics courses and related disciplines. Specific courses may include neutron physics, material for nuclear reactors, and advanced topics. Previous teaching experience is highly desirable.

Research: The selected candidate will conduct research within the UM6P Institute of Applied Physics, which is recognized for cutting-edge research and technology development. Collaborating with students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scholars worldwide, the institute is committed to training a new generation of African physicists and faculty members. Research endeavors primarily focus on computational nuclear physics. A notable characteristic of institute research is the strong collaboration among members, fortified by shared simulation tools and top-quality experimental efforts. Research efforts span diverse domains of modern science, including 2D Semiconductors, Terahertz Photonics, Cosmology, Quantum Transport, Photon Scattering, Ab Initio Calculations, Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo Simulations, Photonics simulation, metamaterials, and more.

Candidate Profile: The ideal candidate should possess excellent training in computational nuclear physics, demonstrating an interest in applying nuclear principles to industrial challenges and societal problems. They should have internationally recognized research expertise in one or more physics disciplines, preferably holding a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics. Nationality is not a limiting factor. The candidate's higher education and professional experience outside Morocco should be substantial to ensure the international character of the institution. Strong collaboration skills with teachers from diverse disciplines and a keen interest and proven experience in student support, mentoring, and interactive pedagogies are essential. Openness and interest in incorporating new technologies into education (e-learning, platforms, MOOCs, etc.) and pedagogical innovations are also desired. Strong conceptualization and modeling skills and a results-oriented approach complete the candidate profile.

The application must include a cover letter describing how the candidate envisions integration into the school's thematic teaching and research framework, a detailed CV (in PDF format) outlining scientific production, and a research project description (maximum 4 pages).

For more information about the position, contact Abdelouahed.elfatimy@um6p.ma


Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Area of specialization:

Critical Zone is the “heterogeneous, near-surface environment in which complex interactions involving rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms regulate the natural habitat and determine availability of life-sustaining resources”. Its limits are defined as ranging from the top of the canopy down to the bottom of the aquifer. The successful applicant to this position will join the Global Critical Zone Science Chair to develop and conduct a research program in greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions measurement and behavior in the critical zone, with a particular focus on developing robust and implementable monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems to allow us to track the impact of agricultural practices on organic carbon sequestration in the soils and emissions of H2O, N2O, CO2, and CH4 from the soils.

The applicant must have a good understanding of atmospheric chemistry and physics to understand GHG reactions and flows to be able to quantify them. The applicant will also need to implement and manage high-tower sites to model GHG flows in native forests and agricultural fields. The applicant must have a good understanding about sensors, satellites, drones, and new technologies that will allow us to measure GHG emissions in a more reliable and affordable way. There is a particular interest to link this work with organic C sequestration in the soils, microbial communities’ variability, C use efficiency, and other aspects related to soil health and the impact of agricultural practices (including 4Rs) into controlling C, N, and P biogeochemical cycling. The successful candidate should develop a wide range of expertise, mainly in GHG emissions quantification and modeling, and to support bridging this knowledge into policies and field management practices that will allow us to build more sustainable agricultural systems and to improve ecosystem services.

Job description: 

The Global Critical Zone Science Chair at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) invites applications for a full-time professor position in GHG emissions quantification and modeling (open rank). The successful applicant will conduct research aiming to understand the impact of different conservation agricultural practices, including 4Rs, on GHG emissions. The research should guide us on our task to design sustainable cropping systems that will lower GHG emissions and sequester organic carbon in the soils. Besides quantifying the impact of different practices, the research should help us combining the right practices in the different cropping systems around the world to ensure low GHG emissions and soil organic carbon sequestration, making agriculture a tool for climate action. This should pave the way to create reliable certifications, including carbon credits but also sustainability certifications that will generate value to the farmers.

Due to the influence of the Northern Hemisphere (cool and temperate climates) where plant biomass growth is limited by N, there is a consensus that N (C/N) has a strong control over C sequestration as soil organic matter worldwide. However, as P is the most limiting nutrient for plant biomass production particularly in the Tropical Belt of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, there is growing evidence of its control over several biogeochemical cycles, particularly those related to the formation of soil organic matter and the release of CO2, N2O, and CH4 mediated by the microorganisms. The research program should reflect the need of understand better the role of P (particularly P limitation) on GHG emissions and soil organic carbon. The applicant must have great modeling expertise to translate these findings into models that will allow us to improve carbon sequestration as soil organic matter and decrease GHG emissions in the P deficient and highly weathered soils of the tropics. This knowledge will support our efforts towards understanding and managing the “critical zone” to build sustainable cropping systems for sustainable societies. Figure 1 depicts a framework of the critical zone functioning and guiding questions to understand it. The successful applicant should develop his/her program with this in mind.

Other duties include advising students and postdocs, teaching graduate courses at UM6P, support the overall activities of the Chair, and have a close relationship/follow up with the Chair’s scientific committee. The successful applicant will work in close collaboration with the different groups and departments of the university, including the Geology Department, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, International Water Research Institute, African Genome Center, Chemical and Biological Sciences, and Material Science, among others.

Evidence of research and teaching excellence is expected. Strong English communication skills, both verbal and written, are required.

Key duties:

Successful candidates are expected to:


	Initiate, develop, and lead joint research projects and programs in environmental stoichiometry in collaboration with a multidisciplinary consortium in the field.
	Generate external research funds to support and maintain integrated research programs.
	Establish collaboration and partnerships with great international scientific institutes.
	Supervise graduate students, develop teaching materials, and attract high level-students.
	Publish in well ranked and high impact-factor journals.
	Teach and develop research regarding the principles of GHG measurements, behavior, and modeling; its connection with the biogeochemical cycling of C, N, and P, and fundamental biological and chemical processes controlling organic carbon sequestration in the soil.
	Translate the basic scientific knowledge generate from the above-mentioned disciplines into sound management practices on how to better manage our soils and agricultural systems.
	Stay up to date with all current environmental science and GHG research, and also IPCC developments.
	Organize datasets and modelling efforts and support the development of long-term trials.
	Willing to travel for some time to develop field work in the African continent and to visit other international institutions and partners.
	Support the fulfillment of the goals and mission of the Global Critical Zone Science Chair.


Criteria of the candidate:


	PhD in environmental science, atmospheric science, or related fields from a recognized university.
	At least 2 years of postdoctoral research experience in environmental sciences within the above-mentioned subjects, preferably with international experience.
	High publication record in international well-ranked journals (at least 10 publications in the last 3 years).
	Significant research record and leadership in environmental science studies, including GHG measurements and modeling.
	Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
	Skilled in both field and lab work.
	Good record of funding.
	Proactive, ethic, and respectful person.
	Organizational dexterity, ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects.
	Maintains positive attitude in fast-paced changing environments.


About UM6P:

Located at the heart of the future Green City of Benguerir, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), a higher education institution with an international standard, is established to serve Morocco and the African continent. Its vision is honed around research and innovation at the service of education and development. This unique nascent university, with its state-of-the-art campus and infrastructure, has woven a sound academic and research network, and its recruitment process is seeking high quality academics and professionals in order to boost its quality-oriented research environment.

OCP group (http://www.ocpgroup.ma/en/home), a world leader in fertilizer production plays a great role as the founder and main supporter for the University. In parallel, a new portfolio of client is growing in an open spirit, in parallel with the development of an R&D cluster around the university.

UM6P is a very ambitious university, enjoying ample research funding, moderate teaching load, and excellent facilities.

In its research approach, the UM6P promotes transdisciplinary, entrepreneurship spirit and collaboration with external institutions, both international ones for developing up to date science and at continent level to address real African challenges.

All our programs run as start-ups and can be self-organized when they reach a critical mass. Thus, academic liberty is promoted as far as funding is developed by research teams.

The research programs are integrated from long-term research to short-term applications in linkage with incubation and start-up ecosystems.

UM6P offers highly competitive salaries at the international level. Our researchers get incentives through a participation to the intellectual property they develop.

About the Critical Zone Science Chair:

The Global Critical Zone Science Chair at the Mohamed VI Polytechnic University is sponsored by OCP and was created with the mandate of developing the science that will support the sustainable use of our soils to build healthier ecosystems, particularly in the African continent. Soils are the connector of our major societal challenges, namely: food security, water security, energy security, loss of biodiversity and climate change. Despite of its great potential the African continent is still a net importer of food and will see its population doubling in the next decades. Besides all the efforts, environmental degradation is still on the rise in Africa. For the occasion of the AU-EU Summit that happened in February 2022 a policy paper that should guide the R&I partnership between the two continents for the green transition in Africa was released, bringing soil security and the development of a sustainable agriculture to the core of it. Following this momentum, the Global Critical Zone Science Chair aims to support the green transition in Africa by bringing the science that will improve our understanding of the mechanisms controlling the formation of our soils and its interactions with other environmental cycles.

The Chair is part of the Institute for Advanced Studies within the university and it is a multidisciplinary project by nature. It will promote the understanding of soils as a complex system by bringing cutting-edge multidisciplinary research to understand the links and feedbacks between soils and food systems, global warming, greenhouse gases, water cycle, and biodiversity, without forgetting the economic and social aspects. It will promote research and development in the fields of soil health, C sequestration, food security, soil biodiversity, soil fertility and fertilizers, nutrient use efficiency, and biogeochemical cycling of elements in the soil-plant-human system, aiming to generate knowledge that will allow us to build healthier, more sustainable, and productive agricultural systems, improving the way humans interact with the environment.

Lastly, the Chair will also rely on the support of a great scientific committee comprised by well-known and forward-thinking scientists from various fields, which will help guiding the development of the Chair and its work.


£44,355 to £51,735 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

United Kingdom, London

About Us

The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of six Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women's Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across five Departments.

About the role

We are looking for a Research Scientist (Medical) to join our team delivering the EMBRACE study, an innovative research project led by Professor Josip Car. EMBRACE is a visionary, multicomponent international research programme. The first of its kind in the world, supported by Inkfish with £35M core funds over six years. It is a global study of 60,000 participants, including 20,000 mothers, 20,000 infants and up to 20,000 partners.  It brings together world-leading clinician scientists across six distinguished healthcare organisations, exceptional AI and technology companies, together with premier biotech companies, with the overarching aim to fast-track major scientific breakthroughs, revolutionise maternal and early childhood health through precision-personalised interventions, powered by a groundbreaking symbiosis of cutting-edge AI combined with human support.

The successful candidate will partake in the development of personalised, context-sensitive Large Language Models (LLMs) for health coaching. By delivering real-time, adaptive recommendations following exercise sessions and integrating multi-modal health and lifestyle data, the post-holder will play a key role in ensuring the medical validity and real-world relevance of the coaching recommendations. Collaborating closely with AI researchers, the individual will integrate medical knowledge into the LLMs, enhance their social intelligence (empathy, theory-of-mind), and evaluate multilingual and culturally sensitive deployments.

We are looking for an individual with a medical degree, a strong track record in public health and digital health research including peer-reviewed publications, an interest in LLMs as well as experience of using LLMs for healthcare research.

The post is based in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, and will be closely affiliated with the Informatics Department in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/07/2029.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria


	PhD qualified in relevant subject area *
	Undergraduate medical degree, and Master of Public Health or related field
	Demonstrable experience in AI/LLMs in healthcare contexts
	Experience of working in digital health research, from study protocol development to execution and data analysis, with a strong understanding of health data and personalised healthcare
	Evidence of writing peer-reviewed academic papers
	Demonstrable experience in medical or healthcare-related research, with evidence of interdisciplinary expertise combining medical and AI domains
	Strong understanding of natural language processing (NLP) techniques, including tokenisation, embeddings, and transformer architectures and familiarity with statistical methods and evaluation metrics for NLP models, such as F1-score
	Experience of developing digital therapeutics
	Excellent project management skills with the ability to initiate, plan, organise, implement and deliver programmes of work to tight deadlines


Desirable criteria


	Understanding of digital health platforms
	Ability or potential to contribute to the development of funding proposals in order to generate external funding to support research projects
	Knowledge of reinforcement learning techniques, particularly Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF), as applied to LLMs
	Awareness of regulatory frameworks in healthcare research, such as GDPR, HIPAA, or MHRA guidelines as relating to digital therapeutics and health AI


* Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

Please note that although this role is advertised as Research Scientist, your contractual job title will be “Research Associate - Inkfish (Medical) in Large Language Models”

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

We encourage applicants to apply early. We reserve the right to close the advert if suitable applications are received.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service.

Grade and Salary: £44,355 to £51,735 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance    
Job ID: 118866
Close Date: 05-Aug-2025
Contact Person: Prof Josip Car    
Contact Details: josip.car@kcl.ac.uk


King's College London

Area of specialization:

Critical Zone is the “heterogeneous, near-surface environment in which complex interactions involving rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms regulate the natural habitat and determine availability of life-sustaining resources”. Its limits range from the top of the canopy down to the bottom of the aquifer. The successful applicant to this position will join the Global Critical Zone Science Chair to develop and conduct a research program to strengthen the understanding of Enhancing soil C sequestration in pasture systems, a key mitigation option for countries targets under the UN-Paris Agreement.

The postdoctoral fellow will be trained at the USP/ESALQ Carbon Center in Brazil, (Sao Paulo State) under the supervision of Professor Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri in relation to the GCZS Chair (professors Rachid Moussadek, Hudson Carvalho, Daniel Nahon).

Based on the relevance of pasture recovering and integrated cropland- livestock-forestry systems (ICLF) for soil C build-up and climate change mitigation, some of the commitments of Brazilian government in the intended Nationally Determined Contribution (iNDC) are restoration of additional 15 million ha of degraded pastures and enhancing 5 million ha of ICLF by 2030. However, the effects of pasture recovering and ICLF systems in soil C changes and its relevance for Brazil achieve the iNDC commitments remains largely unknown. In this sense, the aim of this proposal is providing a pervasive biome-scale analysis of soil C stock changes in pastures and integrated systems in Brazilian Cerrado. Several areas with contrasting edaphic conditions will be sampled across Cerrado biome using a chronosequence approach. For each land use, C and N stocks and isotope composition will be assessed. Rates of soil C change will be used to estimate the contribution of both strategies (pasture recovery and ICLF systems) to climate change mitigation in Brazil. Besides being critical to Brazil achieve iNDC commitments, such effort would be a useful tool for the evaluation of ABC Program and to encourage decision makers and planners to diffuse sustainable land use strategies and soil management systems in Brazil.

Job description: 

The Global Critical Zone Science Chair at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) invites applications for a two years postdoc fellowship (candidates from Moroccan or African universities). The successful applicant will conduct research in C and N  Geochemistry aiming to quantify the soil C and N stocks, and isotopic composition in livestock areas in brazilian soils (Cerrado) which are very close to those of the African Sudano-Sahelian zone which is one of the points of interest for the development of research and its application to the agronomic system of Africa (designing and development of sustainable agricultural systems). The successful applicant will provide a great understanding in global warming discussions, increasing soil C and reduce deforestation. In this sense , Brazil is today a major player in such a domain for which goals are  reinforced in the intended Nationally Determined Contribution (iNDC) set in Paris during the 2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change (iNDC Brazil, 2015). The Brazilian government has ambitious goals for the next years: reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 37% by 2025 and 43% by 2030, compared to 2005. To do so, one the commitments of the Brazilian iNDC is strengthen the Low Carbon Emission Agriculture Program (ABC) as the main strategy for sustainable agriculture development, including restoration of additional 15 million hectares of degraded pastures and enhancing 5 million hectares of integrated cropland-livestock-forestry systems (ICLF) by 2030.

Global (e.g Conant et al., 2017) and local studies (e.g Bogaerts et al., 2017, Oliveira Silva et al., 2016) show that pastures have potential to accumulate C in soil. However, these studies evaluated well-managed pastures, a quite different scenario from those commonly observed in Brazilian pastures. Brazil is the second biggest exporter of cattle beef and has the second largest herd in the world, only surpassed by India. Most of livestock production is grass-fed, extensive and spread in Cerrado, a biome which occupies an area of 204.7 million hectares in central Brazil. Pastures are the main land use in this biome, occupying more than 54 million ha. However, it is estimated that 60% of Cerrado pastures are degraded in some level (Andrade et al., 2014)

The relevance of pasture recovering and ICLF for soil C build-up and climate change mitigation suggests that this would be an efficient instrument for climate policy in Brazil. However, while the effects of Cerrado conversion to pastures in soil C has been already assessed by several studies (e.g Oliveira et al., 2016; Brito et al., 2019), the role of pasture recovering and ICLF remains largely unexplored by pervasive biome-scale analysis. Currently, is mandatory a comprehensive analysis of soil C stocks in areas under the management practices suggested by the ABC Program. Besides being critical to Brazil achieve iNDC commitments, such effort would be a useful tool for the evaluation of ABC Program and to encourage decision makers and planners to diffuse sustainable land use strategies and soil management systems. In this sense, this proposal aims to (i) quantify the soil C and N stocks, and isotopic composition in livestock areas under the management practices suggested by the ABC Program; and (ii) assess the contribution of soil C accretion in livestock areas to Brazil achieve iNDC commitments.

Methodology: 

At least 10 study areas of improved pastures and integrated systems across Brazilian Cerrado will be chosen for sampling. This is a critical step of the project and areas selection will be carried out based on many criteria, such as localization, time since the adoption of the management practices suggested by the ABC Program and available information about land use. Areas with contrasting edaphic conditions (e.g soil mineralogy and texture) will be prioritized. As a pervasive proposal, we intended to encompass most conditions and spread our sampling across the whole biome, until it remains feasible.

A chronosequence approach will be used, comprising at least two land uses in each site: a reference, preferentially a degraded pasture, and an area of recovered pasture or/and ICLF. Chronosequences will be sampled because there are no long-term experiments that represent this scenario. The land uses will be located adjacent to each other, minimizing differences in climatic, topographic and soil characteristics. In each land use, soil will be sampled down to 1.0 m depth in five points, 50 m away from each other.

Soil C and N content and isotope composition will be determined using an elemental analyzer and mass spectrometer. Results will be expressed as δ13C and δ15N (‰) using PDB-Vienna as reference for 13C levels and air composition for 15N. The equivalent soil mass technique, which adjusts for different soil mass differences between land uses, will be applied to calculate C and N stocks. The rates of C stock changes associated with the adoption management practices suggested by the ABC Program will be calculated considering the difference in C stocks between the current management and a reference. For more information about stocks and C partitioning calculations, see Oliveira et al. (2016). Comparisons between land uses will be carried out using one-way ANOVA with land use type as the main factor and sites considered as blocks and treated as a random variable. The means between land uses will be compared by Tukey test (p

Criteria of the candidate:


	PhD in environmental science, soil science, surface geochemistry, or related fields from a recognized morrocan or african university.
	At least one or two high publications record in international well-ranked journals
	Significant knowledge in environmental science studies, including experienced in soil field work and abilities in  isotopic geochemistry techniques and modeling capabilities.
	Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
	Skilled in both field and lab work.
	Proactive, ethic, and respectful person



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