Dear colleagues, Through our cooperative partnership with the University of Miami, the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center's Marine Mammal Branch in Miami, FL is looking to hire two new positions with our growing passive acoustics team. We seek a full-time Research Associate with expertise in passive acoustic data collection and analysis to help us with field work and data analyses for our towed array surveys of cetacean density and abundance and moored acoustic recorder studies of cetacean occurrence. To apply, this position at the University of Miami can be found on the UM job site ( www.miami.edu/careers) by searching for requisition R100061685 under Staff Positions. We seek a full-time Assistant Scientist with quantitative ecology, statistics, or related expertise to join our international team on a large-scale passive acoustic monitoring project (LISTEN GoMex - Long-term Investigations into Soundscapes, Trends, Ecosystems, and Noise in the Gulf of Mexico) to develop predictive models to improve our understanding of oceanographic and anthropogenic factors driving trends in cetacean density. To apply, this position at the University of Miami can be found on the UM job site (www.miami.edu/careers) by searching under Staff Positions for requisition R100063621. Please share this info with any potential applicants and feel free to contact me at melissa.soldevilla@noaa.gov with any questions. Best wishes, Melissa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Melissa Soldevilla, PhD Research Fishery Biologist Marine Mammal & Turtle Division NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149