Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

The Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) is seeking a Senior Scientist to oversee and lead initiatives focused on aquatic ecosystems including rivers, lakes, wetlands, and estuaries. DRN is a grassroots regional nonprofit working to protect and restore the Delaware River. DRN’s Senior Scientist serves as the Organization’s in-house science expert and is responsible for helping to develop pathways for environmental protection and restoration based on strong science. This role combines scientific expertise with leadership responsibilities overseeing DRN’s two other staff biologists as well as interfacing with other scientists at regulatory agencies, environmental consulting firms, and academia.

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for multiple, tenure-track assistant professor positions that will enhance existing institutional excellence in ecology. We are searching broadly for creative and collaborative individuals (1) working at any spatial scale, from local to global, in any system, (2) studying any level of biological organization, from genes to ecosystems, and (3) using any mode of inference, from empirical to theoretical.

Ohio Eminent Scholar in Ecology, an endowed, tenured position at the Associate Professor or Professor level in the Department of Biology. We seek candidates working in any area of ecology who have strong records of research and who will foster synergisms among research groups. The successful candidate is expected to maintain an internationally renowned, externally funded research program that applies the principles and methods of ecology to address environmental problems; provide leadership on large, collaborative research projects; effectively teach graduate and/or undergraduate courses; and participate in advising and service.

The School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University is seeking candidates for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work both independently and collaboratively with members of our research team to develop research projects that further our understanding of the ecology of freshwater harmful algal blooms. The incumbent will join an active lab (https://wilsonlab.com/) whose recent research activities integrate large-scale, whole pond and mesocosm experiments, lake surveys, remote sensing, statistical modelling, and meta-analysis to understand the importance of abiotic and biotic factors that affect the promotion or control of algal blooms in aquaculture ponds and drinking water and recreational reservoirs.