Biological Anthropology Research Associate

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$65,000.00 - $

The Biological Anthropology Research Associate 2 (RA2) is responsible for supporting the research programs directed by the Biological Anthropology faculty. Occasionally, responsibilities include working with the research support staff of archaeology. Responsibilities include being an effective, supportive, and proactive scientist and educator. The RA2 works closely with and supports research programs through database development and management, training and mentorship of graduate and undergraduate students, support for on-campus preparation for domestic and international field research, and teaching activities for the Biological Anthropology faculty.

• Support the Biological Anthropology Division faculty, researchers, and students.
• Provides professional support for faculty, researchers, and students in association with the different research programs.
• Contributes to the development, maintenance, and organization of faculty research databases and protocols to ensure robust data hygiene, consistency, permanence, and accessibility, including both laboratory- and field-generated samples and data.
• As time and other responsibilities allow, assists and advises faculty, postdocs and students in the process of data sharing and data structure/formatting to fulfill open access commitments to journals and/or funding agencies.
• Provides the best possible resources for research by developing close relationships with faculty, researchers, and students, as well as vendors, collaborators, technical advisors, and other departments/institutions.
• Manages local/national/international biological and non-biological sample transportation, documentation, and compliance needs associated with the Biological Anthropology research programs.
• Works closely, and in coordination, with existing Biological Anthropology Research support staff.
• Support and supervise Yale graduate and undergraduate students engaged in biological anthropology research
• Provides laboratory and field research logistical support for graduate and undergraduate student research.
• In coordination with other Yale units, provides data science support (e.g. DISCC, FDS), trains students and assistants on the fundamentals of database development and maintenance.
• Provides mentorship and scholarly/scientific support to undergraduate students for their senior theses, assists students to publish work, and mentors undergraduate assistants through technical training and development.
• Prepares needed datasets/samples/materials for biological anthropology related graduate and undergraduate classes of biological anthropology faculty.
• Works with, supervises, and trains multiple undergraduate and graduate students through technical laboratory aspects of research.
• Support university and department community outreach initiatives
• Provides larger community services through the following efforts:
  Supports the larger university community in identifying, recording, and describing the complex Biological Anthropology-related collections across the institution.
• Works with the Yale Peabody Museum with curatorial research needs and responsibilities that engage anthropology researchers.
• In consultation with faculty and anthropology department leadership, works with external community members (i.e. media, grade-school inquiries, community organization) seeking information related to biological anthropology.

• Coordinating the purchase and use of research equipment (i.e. radioactive isotope equipment, data management hardware and software, field technology) through corresponding Yale units to comply with institutional/local/national/international regulations (e.g. export of software), preparation of samples, and training/supervising students in the preparation of samples (specifically fossil enamel for stable isotope and radiocarbon).
• In coordination and with guidance from the research PIs, determination of the process and best practices for importing/exporting delicate and/or frozen samples globally.
• Supporting the laboratory and field research needs of postdoctoral fellows/associates and graduate students associated with biological anthropology research programs/projects.
• Ensuring that the on-campus and off-campus faculty research sites meet appropriate standards, requirements, compliance, and certifications as required by US Federal Agencies supporting the faculty research.
• Assisting with the management and inventory of samples, supplies, appropriate storage, use, and recording of biological and paleontological samples locally and globally, and developing and maintaining label and barcode systems.
• Processing of shipments…