- Chemist conducts analyses on water samples from Florida lakes, streams and near shore coastal waters to evaluate their limnological characteristics. Individual is responsible for conducting multiple chemical analyses as described in the American Public Health Association’s Standard Methods with adjustment to these methods described in Florida LAKEWATCH’s Standard Operating Procedures, focusing primarily on total phosphorus, total nitrogen, ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, chlorophyll, specific conductance, color, pH, total alkalinity, and chloride analyses
- Chemist will enter, edit and manage data from analyses, using Excel spreadsheets while maintaining Quality Assurance and Quality Control procedures for all laboratory analyses. Where needed the applicant will analyze existing methodologies, formulates hypotheses about methods/data, and recommend modifications to existing procedures accordingly.
- Chemist will be responsible for maintaining the chemical inventories for the LAKEWATCH laboratory along with ordering all supplies as needed. They will also be responsible for using Gator Tracs which compiles all LAKEWATCH laboratory chemical and safety information into a database that allows UF Environmental Health and Safety personnel to search for specific chemicals to identify safety issues and run regulatory reports without asking for special inventories from researchers
- Chemist will prepare test solutions, compounds, and/or reagents needed by laboratory personnel to conduct analyses. This position will also determine minimum detection levels (MDL) and practical quantitation levels (PQL) for LAKEWATCH’s quality assurance and quality control requirements
- Assist the Scientific Laboratory Manager in laboratory operations as needed.
- Other duties as assigned