Undergraduate Research Assistant on Tephra Analysis- GEOSCI

Job description

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process . Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants . Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants . JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS: The Department of Geosciences is seeking applicants for a part-time job of Undergraduate Research Assistant . Job duties to include: The student will prepare tephra samples for analysis including sieving, washing, photographing, and describing samples. They will mount the feldspar grains and any glass shards in epoxy to prepare them for geochemical analysis and run them o...