Postdoctoral Research Associate

Job Details

The Postdoctoral Research Associate will serve as a member of the Seafood Economic Analysis and Marketing Research (SEAMaR) team at the Virginia Seafood AREC (VSAREC). The Postdoctoral Research Associate will assist in the development and compilation of datasets focused on the U.S. seafood sector (fisheries and aquaculture). The position will work with other members of the SEAMaR team and a national network of collaborators to develop new tools and analysis for U.S. aquaculture. Quantitative analysis will include key sectors of U.S. aquaculture (catfish, trout, oysters), in addition to emerging sectors, such as marine finfish. The Research Associate will also assist with project management and reporting on project activities. The position is expected to assist in the preparation of deliverables (presentations, reports, peer review manuscripts), participate in outreach activities, and the dissemination of deliverables to stakeholders. This is a one-year funded position, with extension contingent upon additional grant funding. Virginia Tech is unable to sponsor applicants for work visas for this vacancy.

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Requirements

Required qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in agricultural or applied economics or related field, awarded no more than four years prior to the effective date of appointment with a minimum of one year of eligibility remaining.
• Demonstrated experience with generating data (surveys, web scraping, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience with econometric analysis of data.
• Demonstrated experience with enterprise budgets and financial statements. 

Preferred qualifications:

• Demonstrated knowledge and research experience in fisheries or aquaculture.
• Demonstrated knowledge or experience of seafood supply chains.
• Demonstrated knowledge or experience of analytical methods such as technical efficiency analysis, risk modelling, economic impact analysis.
• Demonstrated knowledge or experience working with retail level scanner datasets and/or household consumption datasets.
• Experience using analytical software packages (Stata, R, SAS, nGene, SPSS, or similar).

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