Jobs, Postdocs, and Other Opportunities
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Jobs
- GCE-LTER Faculty Scholars Opportunity. The GCE-LTER Faculty Scholars program is an NSF-funded opportunity for faculty to engage with a multi-disciplinary, multi-institution team studying long-term ecological change in a southeastern coastal estuary. Apply by January 1
- 6 academic positions, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK Closes January 2
- Faculty in Chemical Oceanography at University of South Florida. Closes January 3
- Tenure-track position in Climate Science (very broadly defined) at University of Pennsylvania. Review of applicants will begin on November 20, 2024, and continue until the position is filled.
- GMRI is seeking qualified candidates to establish a new research group that investigates the physical oceanography of the Gulf of Maine and adjacent bodies of water — specifically around questions relating to circulation changes in the NW Atlantic, drivers of warming and interannual variability in ocean temperature and sea level in the Gulf of Maine, etc
- Lead Research Scientist- NASA Ocean Ecology Lab wanted at Greenbelt Maryland at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Open until filled
- IPA Rotator Opportunity in Ocean Sciences in the Chemical Oceanography Program within the Division of Ocean Sciences in the Directorate for Geosciences, U.S. National Science Foundation, has a near-term need for an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Program Director (“rotator”) with experience and expertise in any area of chemical oceanography. The general position description, eligibility information, qualifications, and application information applicable to all IPA positions in the Directorate for Geosciences can be found at https://new.nsf.gov/careers/openings/geo/geo-2024-96950. Application materials, and any questions, should be emailed to Dr. Hedy Edmonds (hedmonds@nsf.gov). Consideration of candidates will begin on December 6.
- The Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado, Boulder seeks applications for a faculty position (Assistant Professor-Climated-related Extreme Events) in climate-related extreme events and hazards, and their environmental impacts. Applications from scholars who study climate-related hazards at the surface-atmosphere interface (e.g., hydrometeorology) and terrestrial-aquatic interface are encouraged. Closes December 15
- Assistant Professor, 9 Month Salaried (Oceanography) at Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, Florida. Applications should be submitted to job opening # 58754. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2024, and continue until the position is filled.
- Associate Professional Specialist in Oceanography or more senior researcher in the area of ocean circulation and biogeochemistry modeling to work with Professor Laure Resplandy in the Geosciences Department at Princeton University.
- Director, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
- The Biological Oceanography Program within Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) has a near-term need for an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Program Director with experience and expertise in any area of biological oceanography or marine ecology.For anyone interested, Cynthia Suchman (csuchman@nsf.gov) and her colleagues would be happy to talk about the position, the Program, and their work at NSF. Open until filled
- Full Professorship (W3) in Molecular Biology (f/m/d) with a Focus on Biological Engineering at University of Heidelberg, Germany. Closes January 31, 2025.
Postdocs
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist Position: Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Completed applications received by January 17, 2025 will receive full consideration, however the posting will remain open until the position is filled.
- Postdoc, Physical-Biological Interactions at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Open until filled
- The Seascape Ecology Lab at Oregon State University will be hiring at least two postdoctoral scholars, a phytoplankton ecologist and seascape ecologist. Apply by December 31
- Post-Doctoral Researcher (Marine Colloids and Particles) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN USA. The funding is from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s joint program with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), United Kingdom. Apply by January 3, 2025
- Postdoc Opportunity in Biogeochemical State Estimation in the SOCCOM3 Project at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA. Open until filled, with preference to applications received by January 6, 2025.
- The department of Coastal Systems at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) is looking for a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to join our research on phytoplankton productivity in the Wadden Sea. The position is offered for 24 months. Deadline January 17, 2025.
- Multiple PhD and PDF positions available - Ocean Carbon Climate Processes at Dalhousie University in Canada.
- Tohoku University seeks an AIMEC Researcher or AIMEC Postdoctoral Researcher who will conduct pioneering research that will provide new insights into the nutrient and material cycles of marine ecosystems by analyzing the isotopic composition of specific biomolecules in tissues, bones, marine particles, and marine (micro)organisms. Deadline to apply is January 26, 2025.
- Alfred Wegener Institute has open the following position: Scientist in coastal microbial ecology – Deadline 26 January 2025
- Postdoctoral Fellowship as part of the Transforming Climate Action Project are available at the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada. Apply by January 31
- Postdoctoral scholar in emerging ocean carbon technology (Seattle: $70k/yr). Closes 01/31/2025
- Alfred Wegener Institute has open the following position: The impact of climate change on phytoplankton - Deadline February 9, 2025
- Postdoctoral scholar in ocean acidification indicators (Seattle: $70k/yr). Closes 02/28/2025
- ISblue: The interdisciplinary graduate school for the blue planet - Post-doctoral Fellowships in Marine Sciences; The aim of the programme is to give creative young scientists the opportunity to develop their own research project in one of the ISblue laboratories (Western Brittany, France). ISblue themes range from the coastal environment to the deep sea, bringing together research in all disciplines: ocean and geosciences, ecosystems, new technologies for observation, and the human societies living near the sea. Four fellowships will be awarded in 2025. Deadline for submission: Monday March 31st, 2025 - 09:59 PM (French Hour)
- Postdoc opportunity combining high-thoughput metagenomics with stable isotope probing to link environmental microbes to biogeochemical cycling at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks. Start date flexible (fall 2024-summer 2025). Ongoing projects to kick off some ideas: https://sites.google.com/uncc.edu/microbial-ecology-lab/research Rolling deadline
- Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton - The Department of Geosciences at Princeton University invites applications for postdoctoral or more senior research positions in areas such as Geochemistry, Geomicrobiology, Environmental Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles, Paleoclimatology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Geodynamics, Geochronology, Earth History, Seismology, and Planetary Science.
Fellowships, Workshops, Webinars, and Other Opportunities
- Southern Ocean Bio-Optics Workshop: Reconciling bio-optics, photophysiology and floristics in the PACE era. Date: 10–14 November 2025
- ICES Journal of Marine Science offers a mentorship programme to support early career scientists interested in learning more about scientific publishing and journal editing. Deadline to apply: January 10, 2025