Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

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2025 NSF RFSN River Field Scholar Program — NSF RCN-UBE The River Field Studies Network

Posted: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

RIVER is excited to begin recruiting the next cohort for the RIVER Instructor & Curriculum Professional Development (aka “RIVER Scholars”) Program. This program integrates expert instruction and peer mentoring in virtual and field settings to build instructor capacity to develop and lead safe and effective river-based field lessons and courses. The RIVER Field Studies Network (RIVER) is an NSF Research Coordination Network in Undergraduate Biology Education framed around connecting rivers, people, and science through immersive field-based education. Two central objectives of the network are to build instructor capacity and create interdisciplinary open-source lesson content to be shared across the network. 

Academic Coordinator II - Deputy Director of Center for Watershed Sciences — University of California Davis

Posted: 
Friday, December 13, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, June 30, 2025

The Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis is hiring an Academic Coordinator II who will serve as Deputy Director of the Center. The Center for Watershed Sciences (CWS), a unit of the Institute of the Environment (IE), is a leader in the interdisciplinary study of critical water issues.

Assistant Professor in Aquatic Ecophysiology or Ecotoxicology — University of Wyoming

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Friday, January 31, 2025

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.

Master of Science in Ecology + Master in Environmental Management — Western Colorado University

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Western Colorado University seeks outstanding and diverse candidates to apply for graduate programs in the Clark Family School of Environment and Sustainability! We recruiting for some specific projects, including an effort to better understand a population of freshwater sponged recently identified in the Gunnison Basin. 

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Geology — Wayne State University

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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.

Freshwater Ecologist — Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority (www.SCCWRP.org) is a government research institute that specializes in environmental research and transitioning research to management. The position would support development of ecological models and tools that will be used to inform statewide and regional water management decisions. The candidate will work with a diverse team of researchers and agency staff to analyze ecological data sets to develop measures of ecological condition and examine how they respond to the complex interactions of hydrologic, habitat, and water quality stressors in California’s urban and agricultural environments.

Janet Quinney Lawson Endowed Chair in Colorado River Studies — Utah State University

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

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.

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