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The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) of the University of Miami invites applicants for a Assistant Scientist position in Marine Biology and Fisheries.  This position is situated at the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center Marine Mammal and Turtle Division located in Miami, FL and will collaborate with scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Universidad Veracruzana, and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

We seek an experienced and productive researcher to join our group and participate in projects using passive acoustic monitoring to assess the abundance and spatiotemporal distribution of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic.  The SEFSC Marine Mammal Branch is conducting broad-scale studies of cetacean occurrence and density in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic using sparse arrays of moored passive acoustic monitoring units.  These projects will improve our understanding of processes driving trends in marine mammal spatial distribution, density and abundance, including effects of projects to restore the injury to marine mammal populations from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.  The incumbent will develop methods to use these data to estimate marine mammal density, abundance, trends, and noise impacts to support environmental planning and impact assessments by a variety of agencies.

Job duties include:

• developing density estimate time-series for a wide range of Gulf of Mexico cetacean species from passive acoustic detections, using advanced distance sampling approaches to adequately represent detectability and associated uncertainty
• developing methods to estimate detection probability estimation using Monte Carlo simulations in conjunction with in situ passive acoustic data including 3D dive tracking data and sound propagation models
• project management including handling field work logistics, leading workshops and webinars, communicating with project team members and stakeholders, and writing reports
• leading and participating in passive acoustic data collection surveys in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic
• writing reports and presenting findings in scientific settings including in peer-reviewed publications.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in oceanography, bioacoustics, marine biology, quantitative statistics or related discipline and at least 1 year of relevant postdoctoral   experience. The position requires demonstrated experience with automated detection and classification of bioacoustic signals; working with large, multi-year passive acoustic datasets; deploying and maintaining underwater acoustic hardware; and conducting statistical analyses to estimate animal density from bioacoustic signals using distance sampling methodologies, and Monte Carlo simulations.  Necessary skills include working knowledge of acoustic analytical techniques and software (e.g., Matlab, R, IDL, Triton, Ishmael, XBAT Raven, and PAMGUARD), and statistical and/or mathematical programming languages (e.g., R, Matlab).  Applicants with experience in marine mammal bioacoustics; sound propagation modeling; bioacoustic signal localization; machine learning; Bayesian statistics; spatially-explicit capture recapture modeling; and/or habitat modeling are preferred.

Apply on line at: www.miami.edu/careers .  Curriculum Vitae and the contact information for 3 people who can provide letters of recommendation are required. 

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