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Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

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Wetland Delineator, California — SummitWest Environmental

Posted: 
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

The Wetland Delineator will conduct delineations of jurisdictional waters including wetlands, other waters, and CDFW streambeds in a variety of terrains and weather conditions. The ideal candidate will be organized, motivated, flexible, and able to support a variety of projects throughout California with the majority of work in Southern and Central California.

Senior Research Technician in Aquatic Ecology — The Ohio State University

Posted: 
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Friday, May 30, 2025

The Hood Lab is seeking a Research Senior Technician who will work on several projects focused on understanding stream and river phosphorus cycling and bioavailability in the western Lake Erie watershed. Job duties include conducting field sampling, running phosphorus uptake and sorption/desorption assays, and processing dissolved, colloid, sediment, and plant samples for phosphorus, nitrogen, carbon, chlorophyll-a and other constituents.

Water Resources Monitoring Technician — Stormwater Innovation Center, Audubon Society of Rhode Island

Posted: 
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Monday, June 2, 2025

Water Resources Monitoring Technician — Stormwater Innovation Center, Audubon Society of Rhode Island

Job Title: Water Resources Monitoring Technician (Seasonal)
Location: Providence, RI (Hybrid – primarily field-based in Roger Williams Park)
Job Type: Seasonal: June – November 1
Salary: $22/hour

Our Mission

The mission of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island is to protect birds, other wildlife, and their habitats through conservation, education, and advocacy for the benefit of people and all other life.

Assistant Professor, Hydrology — University of New Mexico

Posted: 
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, July 13, 2025

The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) at the University of New Mexico invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Hydrology with a start date as early as January 2026. We seek candidates with research expertise in any area of hydrology, including but not limited to hydrogeology, water quality, surface water/ground water interactions, or hydroclimatology. This position offers an exciting opportunity to advance hydrological research with a focus on the unique water and climate dynamics of arid and semi-arid regions.

Aquatic Entomologist: Environmental Scientist — Alabama Dept. of Environmental management

Posted: 
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Friday, June 6, 2025

The EIS seeks to hire a freshwater macroinvertebrate taxonomist to support Clean Water Act programs. This is a permanent, full-time, benefits-eligible position based in Montgomery, Alabama. As the aquatic biologists for the department, we provide technical expertise in aquatic ecosystems, interpretation and analysis of surface water quality monitoring data, and aquatic community data and assessments.

Junior Specialist, Hydro-Ecology, Montane Streams and Meadows — Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis

Posted: 
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

The Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis seeks to potentially fill 3 non-tenured, academic term appointments as a Junior Specialist. This position will aid in interdisciplinary studies of the interactions of hydrology and ecology in montane stream and meadow systems.

Post-doctoral position, Great Lakes benthic ecology — University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Freshwater Sciences

Posted: 
Friday, February 28, 2025
Expiration Date: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

We are searching for a Post-Doctoral Associate who can help further this research. Specific topics to be explored include: 1) Factors regulating the growth and fate of benthic algae; 2) The influence of invasive species (dreissenids, round goby) on nearshore trophic structure and energy flow; 3) The response of the nearshore benthic community to dreissenid mussel removal; 4) The influence of weather and climate (including lake levels) on nearshore ecosystem dynamics.

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