Not sure what an “Associate Scientist” is. Would like to see her Job Description is and what her credentials are. Hard to fire a GS employee. Maybe she was a contractor.
“Not sure what an “Associate Scientist” is.”
Rose Abramoff is a postdoctoral fellow who studies the effect of global change on biogeochemical cycling in soils.
Postdoctoral scientists completed graduate school and received a Ph.D. They then are hired by a University professor to work in their lab for a few years to gain experience. Sort of an apprenticeship until you get a real job.