University of Wisconsin–Madison

Job Opportunities

Undergraduate and Limited Term Employment Opportunities

Every summer, NTL LTER hires 7-12 students to assist with data collection for our core lake sampling program and other projects related to our research themes. Opportunities usually include field work, laboratory work, data analysis work, or some combination of these activities. Students work on project teams based out Trout Lake Station and the Hasler Lab.

  • Learn more about Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) opportunities at NTL here. For many student positions, there is the opportunity to develop an independent research project related to the project goals.
  • The Freshwater@UW Summer Research Scholars Program offers many other summer aquatic research opportunities, including many positions in NTL investigator’s groups!
Using the FLAMe on Lake Mendota
student on a boat using a secchi disk
Sampling for the microbial observatory on Lake Mendota
two students in a canoe on a lake
Sampling for greenhouse gas emissions on urban ponds in Madison
student in a yellow kayak on an urban pond
Urban pond research in Madison, Wisconsin