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Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

  • SFS members, academic institutions, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations may post jobs and opportunities freely at no charge.
  • For-profit companies may submit postings, but a $35 donation to an SFS endowment fund is suggested.
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  • The board is updated twice weekly.

Postdoctoral Fellowship — USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Water Quality & Ecology Research Unit

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Saturday, June 1, 2024

The Water Quality & Ecology Research Unit (USDA-ARS) and the US Geological Survey (USGS) Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, in association with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), are pleased to announce a postdoctoral research opportunity collaborating with a team of ARS/USGS research scientists to examine stream ecosystem structural and functional responses to field and experimental stressor gradients in Lower Mississippi River Basin (LMRB) streams. This competitive postdoctoral opportunity will be located in the Water Quality & Ecology Research Unit at the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service’s National Sedimentation Laboratory in Oxford, Mississippi.

Postdoc, Great Lakes Benthic Ecology — UWM School of Freshwater Sciences

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2024

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences has been conducting research on nearshore benthic ecology in Lake Michigan for more than two decades. Specific research topics include benthic algae ecology, nutrient cycling by invasive dreissenids, nearshore trophic dynamics, community metabolism, and mechanisms responsible for avian botulism outbreaks. We are searching for a Post-Doctoral Associate who can help further this research through analysis of a large, multidisciplinary data set, augmented with continuing field research.

Environmental Analyst, Long Island Sound Habitat Restoration Coordinator — NEIWPCC

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, April 7, 2024

NEIWPCC’s mission is to advance clean water in the Northeast through collaboration with, and service to, our member states. We’re looking for a Habitat Restoration Coordinator to join our team and utilize their stewardship skills to support the Long Island Sound Study’s efforts to restore and protect the Sound’s thriving habitats and abundant wildlife.

Professor and Chair, Department of Natural Resources Management — Texas Tech University

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, April 14, 2024

Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas Tech University is seeking an innovative, dynamic, collaborative, and entrepreneurial Chair of the Department of Natural Resources Management who will provide intellectual and strategic leadership for teaching, research, outreach and engagement, and service endeavors in the Department of Natural Resources Management. The position of Chair of the Department of Natural Resources Management is a full-time, 12-month, tenured, Professor to begin August 1st, 2024.

Aquatic Ecologist — SUNY Plattsburgh, Lake Champlain Research Institute

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, April 1, 2024

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York at Plattsburgh (RF-SUNY) seeks qualified candidates for the position of Aquatic Scientist/Limnologist with The Lake Champlain Research Institute at SUNY Plattsburgh. The position will serve as a Project Coordinator for a study titled Deep Lake Limnology in Lake Champlain: The Role of Climate Change and Storm Events on Lake Vertical Structure. This is a full time, 12-month position, with the Research Foundation for SUNY, a private, nonprofit corporation.

Section Leader / Science Supervisor — South Florida Water Management District

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, April 14, 2024

The Lake and River Ecosystems Section, within the Applied Sciences Bureau of the SFWMD, is recruiting for the position of Section Leader or Science Supervisor to manage a diverse team of environmental scientists conducting ecosystem research and monitoring in the headwater lakes of the Everglades (Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes). This candidate will primarily oversee implementation and development of lake research and monitoring projects related to the Lake Okeechobee Protection Program and Kissimmee River Restoration. This position will assist the Section Administrator with evaluating program direction and addressing key knowledge gaps related to ecosystem restoration through hydrologic and water quality improvements.

Research Vessel Engineer — University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, March 31, 2024

The Research Vessel Engineer operates and maintains the mechanical systems necessary to operate the School of Freshwater Sciences research vessel in support of Freshwater's educational and research activities both at sea and in port, assists the Captain with vessel operation, assists faculty, staff, and students in executing safe and efficient field operations, and provides general facility support. The School of Freshwater Sciences (SFS) at UWM is the only school in the nation dedicated solely to the study of freshwater issues. Its interdisciplinary research and education programs link science with action and are integrated across five major areas: freshwater system dynamics; human and ecosystem health; freshwater technology; freshwater economics, policy, and management; and climate and atmospheric sciences.

Postdoc, Modeling invertebrate responses to restoration and global warming — INRAE (France)

Posted: 
Friday, March 1, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Friday, March 29, 2024

INRAE (French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment) seeks a postdoctoral researcher to join the EcoFlowS team of the RiverLy research unit. The position is part of the RhônEco programme, a long-term interdisciplinary research program designed to monitor, assess and anticipate the effects of the ecological restoration of the Rhône. It constitutes an ecological observatory for the river, which adapts to the changing socio-environmental context, in order to take better account of new types of ecological restoration (e.g. sediment recharge of the main channel) and the effects of global change to help manage the river and its floodplains.

Assistant Research Scientist, Large River Ecology — Illinois Natural History Survey

Posted: 
Friday, March 1, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Friday, April 19, 2024

The Illinois Natural History Survey is seeking an Assistant Research Scientist with a broad background in large river ecology and experimental design to synthesize diverse existing data and identify important data gaps in space or topic area within the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) from Pool 14 to Pool 25 and develop potential approaches for addressing these data gaps. INHS is part of the Prairie Research Institute (PRI) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which is centrally located between Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis.

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