Employment and Project Personel

Currently we have no regular employment openings.

Current Researchers: EMU Undergraduate Students

Denay Fuglie (left) and Braydon Hoover (right) are current undergraduate students at EMU who are working on the blueberry project.  Photograph taken in the summer of 2010.

Research Positions available

Position: Student Researcher: Blueberry Plant Physiology

Description: Year long project (2011-2012).  Measuring plant responses to various soil treatments and comparing productivity indicators across five cultivars. 

• Use instrumentation to measure plant leaf physiology including respiration and water uptake
• Determine plant vigor parameters as based on measures of plant grow; bud production; etc.

Requirements: Undergraduate student at Eastern Mennonite University who has completed courses in biology and chemistry. The position requires completing a portion of the outlined research project which includes following the project design, obtaining data, analyzing data, making periodic oral reports/presentations, and writing a final project report on project (due April 2012).

Position: Student Researcher: Blueberry Foliar Analysis

Description: Year long project (2011-2012). Measuring blueberry foliar content and comparing to various soil treatments and comparing foliar indicators across five cultivars. 

• Use instrumentation (atomic absoprtion) to measure plant leaf content for basic elemental and micronutrient materials.
• Determine plant vigor parameters as based on measures of plant grow; bud production; etc.

Requirements: Undergraduate student at Eastern Mennonite University who has completed courses in biology and chemistry. The position requires completing a portion of the outlined research project which includes following the project design, obtaining data, analyzing data, making periodic oral reports/presentations, and writing a final project report on project (due March 2012).

Jonathan Fritz and Travis Reisen will be filling this slot this upcoming academic year: 2011/2012.

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