Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

The S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University invites applications for the Janet Quinney Lawson Endowed Chair in Colorado River Studies and Director of the Center for Colorado River Studies. We welcome applications from scientists, scholars or policy-makers with a Ph.D. in any relevant biological, physical, or social science or engineering field, or with a J.D. degree, who possess a strong record of funded research or policy experience relevant to the Colorado River Basin.

The Department of Zoology and Physiology at the University of Wyoming invites applications for a tenure-track position in aquatic ecophysiology or ecotoxicology at the rank of Assistant Professor. We invite applications from candidates using diverse systems and approaches to integrate insights from both ecology and physiology to understand the impacts of environmental changes on organisms. This interdisciplinary position will enhance our understanding of complex interactions between environmental stressors and physiological responses and will collaborate with our diverse department and with agency partners.

The Department of Environmental Science and Geology at Wayne State University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin in August 2025. We are calling for candidates with expertise in hydrology (including surface water hydrology, hydrogeology, and ecohydrology), climate science, urban waters, or related fields, but welcome qualified applicants in other fields of environmental and earth science.

We are seeking an Assistant Professor of Limnology, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville. Tennessee, for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track appointment to begin August 2025. We seek a limnologist to teach undergraduate and graduate courses that contribute to existing curricula within the Department of Biology. Other essential functions include developing and sustaining an active and externally funded research program involving undergraduate and graduate students, directing graduate student research at the M.S. and/or Ph.D. levels, advising undergraduate and graduate students, and fulfilling service requirements.