Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

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Master's Student — Oregon Institute of Technology

Posted: 
Sunday, April 7, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Friday, April 19, 2024

Dr. Wayne Hung is seeking a motivated MS student to join his group at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) Natural Sciences Department starting Fall 2024. The prospective candidate will be involved in developing monitoring plans that integrate air quality, metals, and microbiomes in the Klamath Basin. The project will involve formulating creative research inquiries, collecting and processing samples of air, dust, and soil, developing statistical models to direct monitoring and management efforts, and potentially collaborating with diverse local agencies, tribal communities, and stakeholders.

Coast and Estuary Natural Area Manager — Columbia Land Trust

Posted: 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Saturday, April 20, 2024

This natural area manager position will be responsible for the management of 22 stewardship units located along the lower Columbia River and the Long Beach Peninsula totaling approximately 3,700 acres, with sizes of each unit ranging from less than 5 acres to more than 600 acres. These conservation lands are ecologically diverse to include tidal floodplain and interdunal wetlands, riparian corridors, and associated uplands. The coast and estuary natural area manager will be involved directly with the Land Trust’s work in the lower Columbia River conserving and restoring intertidal wetland habitat, re-establishing native vegetation communities, and monitoring the success of these efforts in achieving restoration goals.

Senior Research Technician — Kent State University

Posted: 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Friday, April 26, 2024

The Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University seeks a full time Senior Research Technician to coordinate wetland restoration monitoring as part of the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program. The technician will contribute to science-based decision making to improve environmental quality by working with a team of academic researchers from the Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN) in partnership with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and other wetland design and management partners throughout the state of Ohio.

Great Lakes Hydrodynamic Modeling Postdoctoral Fellow — University of Michigan, CIGLR

Posted: 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Saturday, June 1, 2024

A postdoctoral fellowship is available for a qualified individual to join the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR: https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/). You will work with the ecosystem modeling team to improve our capacity for integrated Earth system modeling in the Great Lakes region. In particular, you will calibrate and test a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model for Lake Michigan-Huron utilizing the newest version of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's (GFDL) Modular Ocean Model (MOM6).

Wilderness Aquatic Technician — American Conservation Experience

Posted: 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, April 28, 2024

American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the Pacfish Infish Biological Opinion (PIBO) Monitoring Program, is seeking six Wilderness Aquatic Technician Members to conduct aquatic habitat monitoring on streams located in the Columbia and Missouri river basins. These monitoring efforts are used to help guide management on federal lands to conserve bull trout and anadromous fishes. In this field position, the ACE members will work with Forest Service Fish Biologists and Biological Technicians to monitor watershed conditions on USFS, BLM, and NPS lands. This is accomplished by conducting stream habitat surveys including channel morphology, habitat typing, substrate measurements, large wood surveys, and potentially collecting benthic macroinvertebrates, environmental DNA (eDNA), or identifying invasive species.

Postdoctoral Researcher (Ecologist) — Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

Posted: 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, April 28, 2024

The Department of River Ecology and Conservation at Senckenberg in cooperation with the Faculty of Biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen jointly invite applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (Ecologist) (m/f/d) (full-time / part-time option available). We are looking for an enthusiastic ecologist (m/f/d) with a background in community ecology, macroecology, metacommunities, and/or analysis of ecological time series. The position is partly embedded in two large EU funded projects, namely the eLTER PLUS project: European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure PLUS (https://elter-ri.eu/elter-plus) and the MARCO-BOLO project: MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations (https://marcobolo-project.eu/).

Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbial and Molecular Ecology — University of Michigan, CIGLR

Posted: 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Thursday, April 18, 2024

The Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) at the University of Michigan is seeking a highly motivated candidate for a Postdoctoral Fellow position. The successful candidate will play a key role in our dynamic research team and contribute to developing cutting edge tools for environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis for monitoring invasive species and toxin-producing cyanobacteria species in the Great Lakes. The project objectives include development of eDNA-based high throughput quantitative PCR (HT-qPCR) assays and metabarcoding assays for conservation and management of species of interest in the Great Lakes.

Watershed Health Monitoring Etech (6 positions) — Washington State Dept. of Ecology

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, May 20, 2024

The Environmental Assessment Program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill six Watershed Health Monitoring Etech (Environmental Technician) positions for the Summer 2024 field season. Some of the key work activities include hiking, field navigation, biological monitoring, water quality sampling, habitat surveys, and using different types of monitoring equipment. The information you collect will help assess the condition of streams and watersheds.

Watershed Health Monitoring Environmental Specialist 1 (2 positions) — Washington State Department of Ecology

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, May 20, 2024

The Environmental Assessment Program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill two Watershed Health Monitoring Environmental Specialist 1 positions for the Summer 2024 field season. In this role, you will conduct environmental sampling and support the Watershed Health Monitoring field leads by assisting in the organization of day-to-day data collection activities in the field. You will also aid in training the environmental technicians involved in this project. Some of the key work activities include: hiking, field navigation, biological monitoring, water quality sampling, habitat surveys, and using different types of monitoring equipment. The information that you collect will help assess the condition of streams and watersheds.

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