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Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

Freshwater Science Jobs & Opportunities

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Post-doctoral Fellowship — University of Toronto, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Posted: 
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Friday, November 15, 2024

The Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellowships are designed to provide outstanding recent doctoral students advanced training in their field of study. These fellowships are not discipline specific, but rather can be held in any department or research unit across the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto.

Ph.D. Assistantship, Wetland Ecology — The Ohio State University

Posted: 
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Saturday, November 30, 2024

The Wyatt Lab in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University has an opening for a PhD Graduate Research Assistantship focused on wetland/microbial ecology. Ideally, the successful applicant will have a background in aquatic ecology and a willingness to work in both field and laboratory settings. The multidisciplinary nature of this project provides research opportunities for students with a broad range of interests (microbial ecology, algal ecology, plant-microbial interactions, food webs, and biogeochemistry).

Academic Professional Position — University of Georgia Marine Institute on Sapelo Island

Posted: 
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The University of Georgia Marine Institute on Sapelo Island is seeking to hire an Academic Professional to develop and provide oversight of the Institute’s residential instructional programs for University students. The candidate will also serve on the UGAMI leadership team as the Assistant Director for Academics, mentor students conducting independent research, and teach field courses in their area of specialization. The position is a full-time, non-tenure track faculty position. 

NOAA Advancing Exposure Assessments of Stormwater Contaminants Fellowship — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Posted: 
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The NOAA Fisheries Research Participation Program will serve as the next step in the educational and professional development of scientists and engineers interested in learning about coastal stewardship and management. This program provides opportunities for students and recent graduates to connect with the unique resources of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where they can have authentic research experiences using equipment not found on most college campuses.

3 graduate training opportunities researching eDNA — U. of Alabama, U. of North Texas, and Penn State

Posted: 
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, December 1, 2024

We are recruiting a cohort of three PhD students interested in exploring the processes that control the transport of environmental DNA (eDNA) in streams across the US. We seek highly motivated students with an interest in freshwater ecology, a strong work ethic, enthusiasm for field research, and a commitment to collaboration and teamwork.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Genomics — University of North Texas

Posted: 
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Saturday, May 31, 2025

Zacchaeus Compson’s research group at the University of North Texas—along with PIs at Penn State University (Daniel Allen) and the University of Alabama (Arial Shogren)—is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to coordinate an NSF-funded project titled, “DISTANCE: Determining In-Stream Transport of eDNA Across NEON Sites at the Continental ScaleE.” The postdoc will coordinate the project and mentor a cohort of three PhD students (one at each partnering university). Regular field experiments will take place at streams near each institution, and collaborative field campaigns will occur in the summers at National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) sites across the US.

Funded Ecosystem Ecology MSc or PhD position — Virginia Tech

Posted: 
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Sunday, December 1, 2024

Dr. Erin Hotchkiss (Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech) is seeking applicants for one funded Ecosystem Ecology M.Sc. or Ph.D. student with a start date of August 2025. The new student will contribute to a collaborative research project led by Dr. William Hopkins and Dr. Erin Hotchkiss that was recently selected for funding: "Integrating organismal biology and biogeochemistry to develop science-informed actions to conserve stream biodiversity in a changing climate".

Post-doctoral researcher in aquatic ecology — Univ. of Victoria & National Council for Air and Stream Improvement

Posted: 
Monday, July 15, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

A postdoctoral position is available to understand the effects of forest watershed stand age and equivalent clearcut area on stream ecosystems throughout Vancouver Island. This research seeks to integrate an ongoing aquatic dataset, including physical (discharge, substrate, canopy cover), chemical (nutrients and dissolved organic carbon), and biological (periphyton, macroinvertebrate, fish) data for which two years of data have been collected, and landscape scale characteristics (determined from landowner information and/or remote sensing).

PhD Research Assistantship, Freshwater ecosystem ecology — University of Connecticut

Posted: 
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Expiration Date: 
Saturday, November 30, 2024

We are seeking a PhD student in aquatic ecosystem ecology at the University of Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources & the Environment beginning January, May, or August 2025. The successful candidate’s research will focus on carbon cycling, nutrient dynamics, and/or greenhouse gas dynamics of aquatic ecosystems, with a focus on ecosystem interfaces (groundwater-surface water, lotic-lentic).

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