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Staff and faculty positions are listed on the CU Boulder Jobs website (search with keyword: instaar). General information about being a CU employee is available on the CU Careers website.

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Student jobs

Many labs at INSTAAR hire student hourly employees throughout the year. Key responsibilities and hiring ranges follow Office of Student Employment policy.

If you're a CU student interested in working in a lab, please contact the Professor or Researcher who manages the labs you might like to join. Some positions are also listed on the CU student jobs website (CU IdentiKey required), or posted in departments. But starting a conversation with a professor who is an INSTAAR researcher remains a good way to find an INSTAAR student job, especially if it's a research assistantship you're after.

Featured student research positions

INSTAAR Student Assistant I or II

The Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research has several openings for student positions, typically 5-20 hours per week. INSTAAR faculty and students conduct interdisciplinary research and education on the past, present, and future of Earth systems in service of a just and thriving future. Students will help with various research projects, or with administrative and building duties.

An INSTAAR Student Assistant may help with the following range of duties: assisting in conducting and analyzing research, data entry, creating/editing documents, photocopying/printing, creating web content, helping to keep lab areas clean, and performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Responsible and reliable
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines
  • Exceptional written and spoken communication skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Drive

Estimated number of hours/week:  5-20

Location:  INSTAAR is located at 4001 Discovery Drive, in the SEEC building on East Campus.

Contact:  instaarpay@colorado.edu

Pay range:  $15-$23 per hour, depending on experience

To apply:  Send a resume and cover letter to instaarpay@colorado.edu. If you are applying to work with a particular researcher or faculty member, please include their name in your letter.

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Labs & Groups

  • Advanced Laser Technology for Atmospheric Research (Fried)
  • Amino Acid Geochronology (Miller)
  • AMS Radiocarbon Preparation & Research (Lehman)
  • Coastal Oceanography Modeling (Moriarty)
  • Core Processing & Sedimentology (Roth & Anderson)
  • Cryosphere and Surface Processes (Overeem et al.)
  • Diatoms (Spaulding)
  • Ecohydrology (Barnard)
  • Ecosystem Analysis (Turetsky) ↪︎
  • Hydroecology Science & Engineering (Gooseff) ↪︎
  • ICP-MS Trace Metals (Marchitto)
  • Micropaleontology (Jennings)
  • Mountain Hydrology (Molotch et al.)
  • Ocean Biogeochemistry (Lovenduski)
  • Organic Geochemistry (Sepúlveda)
  • Organic Matter Spectroscopy (McKnight)
  • Polar & Environmental Geochemistry (Diaz) ↪︎
  • Polar & Paleoclimate Modeling (Jahn)
  • Stable Isotope Lab
  • Suding Lab - plant community ecology ↪︎
  • Taylor Lab - evolutionary biology & genetics of birds ↪︎


Programs

  • Center for the Geochemical Analysis of the Global Environment (GAGE)
  • Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS)
  • Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB)
  • DFO - Flood Observatory
  • Dynamic Water critical zone project
  • McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research (MCM LTER)
  • Mountain Research Station (MRS)
  • Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research (NWT LTER)

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