Postdoctoral Associate (CIMAS)
Core
Develop methods and tools using passive acoustic monitoring to assess marine mammal soundscapes, noise impacts, and distribution in the Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic, and Caribbean.
Role type
Postdoctoral Associate (Marine Biology/Acoustics)
Builds
Research analyses, detection algorithms, and acoustic propagation models for environmental planning and impact assessments.
Domain
Marine biology, underwater acoustics, oceanography
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Automated detection/classification/localization algorithms, underwater acoustic propagation modeling, acoustic signal processing, statistical programming (R, Matlab), field deployment of acoustic hardware
Preferred skills
Machine learning, Bayesian statistics, spatially explicit capture-recapture modeling, habitat modeling
Technologies
Matlab, R, IDL, Triton, Ishmael, XBAT Raven, PAMGUARD
Responsibilities
Develop and implement signal-processing tools for marine mammal acoustic signals; develop underwater acoustic propagation models; quantify absolute noise levels in long-term recordings; lead and participate in passive acoustic data collection surveys; write reports and present findings in scientific settings
Seniority
Postdoctoral Researcher
