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Student Lab Assistant

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Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Please attach a resume indicating your major, courses taken, and approximate number of credit hours earned towards graduation.

Position Justification

Position Information

Position Title Student Lab Assistant
Unit Name Sciences and Mathematics
Salary Grade Student (Institutional)
Number of Months Student Worker
Full-time or Part-time Part-Time
Hours per week Up to 15 hrs/week, but not to exceed 25 hrs/week.
Proposed Annual Salary, Hourly Rate or One-time payment
Essential Duties
  • Assist principal investigator with day-to-day laboratory operations including collecting measurements from live and preserved lizards and preparing tissue samples for imaging.
  • Conduct laboratory experiments as assigned by the principal investigator.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Declared or planning to declare ‘Biology’ as major.
  • Have completed freshman year with GPA of 3.0 or above.
  • Flexible with schedule.
  • Desire to learn techniques for evolutionary ecology research.
  • Desire to work on research topic in the area of functional or ecological morphology.
Job Description Summary
  • Assist principal investigator with day-to-day laboratory operations including collecting measurements from live and preserved lizards and preparing tissue samples for imaging.
  • Conduct laboratory experiments as assigned by the principal investigator.
Hours of Availability
Background Check Statement
Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. However, failure to disclose may disqualify a candidate.
Requisition Detail Information

Open Date 06/17/2025
Will this job have a specific close date? No
Close Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Please attach a resume indicating your major, courses taken, and approximate number of credit hours earned towards graduation.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

  1. * Student workers are required to be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours in the semester in which they work. Registration in less than 6 hours at MUW makes you ineligible to be a student worker. Are you currently enrolled or will you be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours at MUW in the semester for which you are applying for student employment?
    • Yes
    • No

Applicant Documents

Required Documents
  1. Resume
Optional Documents
  1. Cover Letter/Letter of Application
  2. Curriculum Vitae