Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Ecological Systems Division in Corvallis, Oregon, has a new post graduate position available through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). Post-masters with a strong research background and post-doctorates are preferred. This effort will explore research questions using national plant datasets collected as part of the National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA), which is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive survey of wetland condition and characteristics across the conterminous US.

This four-part advanced training will build upon previous ARSET trainings and provide hands-on data analysis exercises for monitoring different types of drought (meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural). Moreover, the training will include drought prediction analysis on sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) time scales and climate change projection analysis of drought conditions.

We are seeking a PhD student in aquatic ecosystem ecology at the University of Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources & the Environment beginning January, May, or August 2025. The successful candidate’s research will focus on carbon cycling, nutrient dynamics, and/or greenhouse gas dynamics of aquatic ecosystems, with a focus on ecosystem interfaces (groundwater-surface water, lotic-lentic).

The Data Analyst III and Senior Data Analyst are professional positions that collects, compiles, reviews, analyzes, and interprets data, and develops procedures for maintaining and integrating the District’s environmental data. This includes automation of data processes, analysis and reporting routines, developing quality control procedures, and assessing data needs and formats. This position assists multiple District offices including Hydrologic Data Services, Water Supply, Minimum Flows and Minimum Levels, Agricultural and Engineering Projects, IT/GIS, and Water Use Permitting.