We're Hiring a Citizen Science Coordinator!!!

Community Coordinator, Fossil Atmospheres Project

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) seeks a contractor to work with the education and paleobiology teams at NMNH to coordinate the citizen science element of "Fossil Atmospheres," a project funded through a National Science Foundation grant. The project as a whole is a collaboration between NMNH Department of Paleobiology (NMNH Paleo), NMNH Office of Education and Outreach (NMNH E&O), the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and Haverford College. It includes scientific research on using Ginkgo biloba leaves as a proxy for atmospheric carbon-dioxide in the geological past, and a citizen science project that includes an online component and a nationwide specimen collection effort. This contract addresses the grant elements related to citizen science and education.

Quotes are due to Laura Soul at SoulL@si.edu by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 18, 2019.

See details at: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/work-opportunities