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Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

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WORKSHOP: The Photograph as Data — University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Posted: 
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Thursday, April 11, 2024

Why should scientists engage with photography? Can we consider research photographs as works of art or visual culture? This theory-and-practice workshop focuses on the many relationships between photography, research, truth, and data, particularly in the ecological sciences. Given that many components of ecological systems are only made visible through looking at images of their remains, or through examining aerial data maps or other computations, the photograph has become an important framing device and catalyst for scientific practices. In the workshop, participants will discuss their research practices, examine some key photographs that have been central to histories of scientific research, and hear about contemporary artists who are taking up ecology and visualization in their work.

Post-doctoral Associate — University of Minnesota

Posted: 
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Thursday, March 21, 2024

We are recruiting a Post-Doctoral Associate to start Spring 2024 (immediately) to work on developing protocols for using a portable device, the MinION, to detect aquatic invasive plant species using environmental DNA (eDNA). The successful candidate will work as part of a collaborative team to develop the protocols for using the MinION device to detect aquatic invasive plant species in the Midwest region. The MinION is a portable sequencer that allows multiple species identification completely in the field, with results available within 1-2 days, can be conducted by field personnel with appropriate training. The project goals are to identify metabarcoding markers and optimize MinION protocols to detect up to 40 invasive plants so resource managers could quickly and cost-effectively conduct eDNA surveillance of waterbodies with high invasion risk or management needs. The tool would aid early detection and rapid response of AIS, as well as initiate eDNA biodiversity assessments.

Postdoc — Texas Research Institute for Aquatic and Groundwater Ecology (TRIAGE), Texas State University

Posted: 
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, April 1, 2024

The Schwalb Stream Ecology Lab at Texas State University in San Marcos is looking to fill a post-doctoral researcher position who will join a large, multi-disciplinary, and highly collaborative group of researchers working on a large-scale project of the Texas Research Institute for Aquatic and Groundwater Ecology (TRIAGE): “Riverine communities and ecosystem responses to a changing world” funded by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center. 

Research Technician Position in Freshwater Ecology — The Ohio State University

Posted: 
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

One full-time position for a research assistant is available in the Aquatic Ecology Lab at The Ohio State University. The Research Technician will work on the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) and Ohio Department of Natural Resources – Division of Wildlife (ODNR-DOW) funded Lake Erie Plankton Abundance Study (LEPAS). LEPAS has been monitoring phytoplankton and zooplankton in Lake Erie since 1995.

Post-baccalaureate Opportunity, Woods To Water Program — University of Alabama

Posted: 
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, April 1, 2024

The University of Alabama is recruiting 10 recent graduates for an NSF-sponsored training program in field ecology. The Woods to Water (W2W) project is an experience-based learning program aimed at helping early career scientists understand critical linkages between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The W2W program will provide a year-long immersive, cohort- and field-based program in standardized methods and data science, with the first cohort starting May 2024.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health — Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Posted: 
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, June 3, 2024

The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Group within the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks a postdoctoral researcher with an understanding of aquatic biology and chemistry, with a specific focus on contaminant behavior and bioaccumulation in freshwater systems. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of environmental scientists at ORNL to understand the chemical and ecological factors controlling mercury methylation and bioaccumulation in contaminated aquatic systems and will develop experimental designs aimed at mitigating methylmercury bioaccumulation.

Stream Monitoring (Multiple Positions) — Institute for Natural Resources

Posted: 
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Friday, May 31, 2024

The Institute for Natural Resources (INR) in Portland, Oregon, an independent research institute, is partnering with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to implement its Aquatic Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) strategy, targeted at collecting standardized data from streams across BLM Districts in the western U.S. INR is hiring multiple positions to conduct this work for the Aquatic AIM Program. Potential candidates looking to assist in this effort with INR and the BLM will work helping assess the health of BLM lands on crews consisting of one crew lead and one field technician working in California; or one crew leader, one technician, and one botanist working in Oregon.

NASA ARSET: Large Scale Applications of Machine Learning using Remote Sensing for Agriculture Solutions

Posted: 
Monday, February 12, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: Remote sensing data is becoming crucial to solve some of the most important environmental problems, especially pertaining to agricultural applications and food security. Effectively working with this large data source requires different tools and processing, such as cloud computing and infrastructure. Participants will become familiar with data format and quality considerations, tools, and techniques to process remote sensing imagery at large scale from publicly available satellite sources ...

Director of Institute of Environmental Change and Society (tenured) — University of Regina

Posted: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, March 18, 2024

The Faculty of Science at the University of Regina invites applications for the Director of the Institute of Environmental Change and Society (IECS). This appointment will be made as a tenured Professor and will be the University’s nominee for a Tier I Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Water and the Environment. Candidates should be a Full Professor or late-stage Associate Professors. The successful candidate will be an established leader in environmental or ecological processes related to water resources in the context of global change.

Two REU Positions in Stream Ecosystem Ecology — Kent State University

Posted: 
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Saturday, March 30, 2024

The Costello Lab at Kent State University is inviting applications for a 10-week summer research experience for undergraduates. These positions are part of the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program. Students will study how the ecology of flowing water ecosystems is influenced by water chemistry. Two successful applicants will join the team of researchers in the Costello Lab exploring the causes and consequences of trace metal and nutrient limitation on stream communities and ecosystems.

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