Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

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Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology Research Technician — University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, December 9, 2024

The Aquatic Ecosystem Stoichiometry Lab led by Dr. Jessica Corman is hiring a Research Technician. As a Research Technician, you will be responsible for a variety of day-to-day tasks to help run an aquatic ecology and ecosystem science laboratory and be involved with exciting research projects funded by the National Science Foundation and US Geological Survey; perform water chemistry analysis, field research, data management, and training and supervising undergraduate students and/or hourly employees; conduct laboratory analyses including benchtop techniques (e.g., colorimetric measurements, fluorometric analysis) and auto-analysis (e.g., automated flow-thru and discrete systems for nutrients, ions, dissolved organic carbon).

PhD in Freshwater Research: multiple positions, industry funded —The University of Melbourne, Department of Infrastructure Engineering

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2024

We are seeking up to three PhD candidates in the Water, Environment and Agriculture Program, Department of Infrastructure Engineering (https://infrastructure.eng.unimelb.edu.au/) at The University of Melbourne, to undertake freshwater research aligned with the Flow-MER program (https://flow-mer.org.au/). Flow-MER is the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH)’s on-ground science program that assesses how the environment responds to environmental water delivered as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. Through monitoring, evaluation and research (MER) activities, Flow-MER aims to demonstrate environmental outcomes and inform management of Commonwealth Environmental Water to improve river health and biodiversity.

Wetland Monitoring Program Operations & Project Coordinator — Kent State University

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

The Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University seeks a full time Operations and Project Coordinator to support administration of the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program. The coordinator will contribute to science-based decision making to improve environmental quality by supporting a team of academic researchers from the Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN) in partnership with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).

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.

Biogeochemistry Laboratory Analysts — University of Michigan, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Monday, December 2, 2024

We are looking for two individuals to join our biogeochemistry and harmful algal blooms teams at the University of Michigan's Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (NOAA GLERL).

Atmospheric Science Research Specialist — University of Michigan, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Saturday, December 7, 2024

We are seeking an Atmospheric Science Research Specialist to support CIGLR and NOAA GLERL's Great Lakes Earth-system modeling efforts. Specific examples of this work include preparing global climate model data for running the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model on high-performance computing (HPC) systems, providing post-processed atmospheric climate projections to CIGLR and GLERL Earth-system modeling teams, and evaluating vertical flux output from the Great Lakes Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) lake-ice model.

4 Arctic Biology PhD Opportunities with The Evolving Meta-Ecosystems (EVOME) Institute — Woodwell Climate Research Center

Posted: 
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Saturday, March 1, 2025

The Evolving Meta-Ecosystems (EVOME) Institute is recruiting for four PhD positions at three of its partner institutions: University of Alabama, University of Alaska Fairbanks (2 positions), and University of Connecticut. Students will work with a diverse and highly dynamic group of collaborators and will have the unique experience of spending their summers conducting field work at Toolik Field Station in the Alaskan Arctic. Ideally students would begin in the spring of 2025, starting with summer field work in the Arctic. 

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. 

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