Cascadia Research Collective has an opening for a Research Biologist/Post-doc, to be based out of our office in Olympia, Washington. This position is aimed at a researcher who has demonstrated ability to conduct varied research efforts with marine mammals, successfully obtain research funding, and publish results of their work. Prospective candidates should have a strong quantitative background (statistics, programming, and/or modeling), and have an advanced degree in a related field (biology, oceanography, mathematics, statistics). Candidates should be interested in working with a non-profit group whose mission is to conduct sound scientific research that helps serve conservation and management. Time would initially be split between working on Cascadia’s studies on Hawaiʻi odontocetes and research on baleen whales along the U.S. west coast. In addition to focusing on specific aspects of these studies, the successful candidate would assist in multiple ongoing projects including long-term photo-ID, studies of anthropogenic impacts, and tagging studies using satellite tag, DTAG, and other archival tag data sets. Researchers coming in with strong research interests of their own are welcome to apply, but should also be interested and willing to assist and integrate with long-term studies being conducted at Cascadia. Funding for full time work would be guaranteed for the first year after which there would be an evaluation on continuation and potential transition into a longer term and more project-based funding (as is the case for all Cascadia positions). Initial salary would be negotiable (anticipated to be in the $50-70K range annually) and would include medical and retirement benefits. Interested candidates should email a letter of interest explaining your current situation/availability and interest in the position, along with a CV and pdfs of one or more recent publications (or a copy of your dissertation if no publications are available) to <mailto:rwbaird@cascadiaresearch.org> rwbaird (at) cascadiaresearch (dot) org by 21 June 2019. Finalists would be contacted for follow up interviews by early July with a hope to hire the position by the end of July. Cascadia Research Collective is a tax-exempt non-profit research organization founded in 1979 and is an equal opportunity employer. For more information on our research, see www.cascadiaresearch.org<http://www.cascadiaresearch.org> Robin ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Robin W. Baird, Ph.D. Research Biologist, Cascadia Research Collective Affiliate Faculty, Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology Mailing address: Cascadia Research 218 ½ W. 4th Avenue Olympia, WA 98501 USA Hawaiʻi Cetacean Studies on the web<http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/projects/hawaii> Follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/CascadiaResearch/> Watch us on YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/CascadiaResearch>