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The Assistant Scientist joins the Marine Biology and Fisheries team at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies. This role involves conducting research using passive acoustic monitoring to assess soundscapes, anthropogenic noise, and the distribution of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic, and the Caribbean. Key responsibilities include developing signal-processing tools for detection and classification, implementing underwater acoustic propagation models, and quantifying absolute noise levels in long-term recordings. The position requires proficiency in Matlab, R, IDL, Triton, Ishmael, XBAT Raven, and PAMGUARD. The researcher will manage field work logistics, lead data collection surveys, and write peer-reviewed publications. This work supports environmental planning and impact assessments regarding marine mammal ecology and restoration projects following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Develop and implement signal-processing tools for detecting, classifying, and localizing marine mammal acoustic signals.
Create underwater acoustic propagation models to estimate source levels, detection ranges, and anthropogenic noise impacts.
Quantify absolute noise levels in long-term recordings and evaluate spatiotemporal variations in noise sources.
Lead and participate in passive acoustic data collection surveys in the Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic, and Caribbean.
Manage project logistics, including field work coordination, stakeholder communication, and report writing.
Analyze large, multi-year passive acoustic datasets to estimate marine mammal occurrence, density, and abundance.
Write scientific reports and present research findings in peer-reviewed publications and other scientific settings.
Deploy and maintain underwater acoustic hardware during multi-week research vessel deployments.
What we're looking for
Ph.D. in oceanography, underwater acoustics, bioacoustics, marine biology, engineering, applied mathematics, or a related discipline.
At least 1 year of relevant postdoctoral experience.
Demonstrated experience developing and implementing automated detection, classification, and localization algorithms for bioacoustic signal analysis.
Demonstrated experience developing and implementing underwater acoustic propagation models and simulations using oceanographic and sound source input data.
Demonstrated experience working with acoustic signal processing and large, multi-year passive acoustic datasets.
Demonstrated experience deploying and maintaining underwater acoustic hardware.
Proficiency in acoustic analytical techniques and software such as Matlab, R, IDL, Triton, Ishmael, XBAT Raven, and PAMGUARD.
Experience in marine mammal bioacoustics, machine learning, Bayesian statistics, spatially explicit capture-recapture modeling, or habitat modeling (preferred).
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