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OCB Postdoc Exchange!
JOBS
- CEO Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute
- UNESCO Program Specialist Global Ocean Obs System - apply by Sept 7 (midnight Paris time)
- Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability has launched a search for an Assistant Professor in Climate Science. Closes November 1
- Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor - Biological Oceanography at Texas A&M University: College of Arts & Sciences at College Station, Tx. Applications will be reviewed beginning on 25 September 2026, but the position will remain open until filled.
- A full-time Teaching Professor in the School of Ocean Futures at Arizona State University with start date of August 2026. Review of apps began May 2
- Marine Natural Products/Marine Biotechnology - Assistant Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
- Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Observational Air–Sea Interactions at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Director of Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Professor, Savannah, GA
- Full/Associate/Assistant Professor in Ocean Technology at University of Macau
- Bowling Green State University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Aquatic Ecology peer-reviewed publications, and have college-level teaching experience.
- The Division of Coastal Sciences (COA) in the School of Ocean Science and Engineering (SOSE) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) invites qualified applicants for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track faculty position in Aquatic Ecotoxicology at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level, to begin in Fall 2026.
- Opening for a research technician split between the laboratories of Ryan Woosley and Andrew Babbin at MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy. Focus will be on the marine carbon and nitrogen cycles. Responsibilities will include data and analytical laboratory analysis of carbonate system parameters (DIC, TA, and pH), nutrients and other microbial parameters. Occasional extended field work will be required. Responsibilities will also include routine lab management (EHS compliance, maintenance of instruments and lab spaces, etc.). Experience in oceanography/marine chemistry and a strong background in analytical and physical chemistry preferred. More information about the PI laboratories can be found at Woosley.mit.edu and bablab.mit.edu
- A full-time Teaching Professor in the School of Ocean Futures at Arizona State University with start date of August 2026. Review of apps began May 2
- Marine Natural Products/Marine Biotechnology - Assistant Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
- Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Observational Air–Sea Interactions at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Director of Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Professor, Savannah, GA
- Full/Associate/Assistant Professor in Ocean Technology at University of Macau
- Bowling Green State University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Aquatic Ecology peer-reviewed publications, and have college-level teaching experience.
POSTDOCS
- Marine Phytoplankton Remote Sensing Post Doc at College of Agricultural Sciences - Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University – Corvallis, Oregon. Closes September 30
- Postdoctoral Position in Marine Microbial Ecology. A fully funded 2-year postdoctoral position is available at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. The successful candidate will be co-advised by Dr. Yajuan Lin (Biological Oceanography Lab at TAMUCC) and Dr. Weiyi Tang (Biogeochemistry Lab at the University of South Florida). We seek candidates with a background in marine microbial ecology and experience in metagenomic and/or metatranscriptomic data analysis and bioinformatics. Seagoing experience is a plus but not required. Open until filled. To apply or inquire, please contact Yajuan (yajuan.lin@tamucc.edu) and Weiyi (weiyitang@usf.edu).
- Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University: Office of the Dean of the Faculty: Natural Sciences: High Meadows Environmental Institute. Final deadline June 30, 2027
- Postdoc Hydrodynamic Modelling of Blue Carbon Sediment Dynamics at National University of Singapore to start August 2026. For more information, please contact Assistant Professor Jiarui (Gary) Lei. Email: jlei@nus.edu.sg
- Fully funded postdoctoral scholar in the Luo Lab, Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Research focus: marine microbial ecology, viruses, biogeochemistry, and metagenomics, with a focus on microbial impacts on carbon cycling. Start date ideally summer 2026 but is flexible. Apply by February 20 for full consideration
- Biological or physical oceanographer postdoc position in biooptics and/or satellite remote sensing at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
