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Jobs

  • EUMETSAT Remote Sensing Scientist – Ocean Colour
  • Data scientist, environmental science data management, for 4 years within the EU project FACE-IT (The future of Arctic coastal ecosystems - Identifying transitions in fjord systems and adjacent coastal areas; apply by July 31
  • Scientific Project Coordinator and Data Communications Specialist in Prof. Joshua Weitz’s at Georgia Institute of Technology. Review begins June 22, start in ~August)
  • Climate science writer for the New York Times
  • Visiting Assistant Professor in Paleoceanography at UC Davis
  • Data Architect for environmental resources at The Water Institute of the Gulf
  • NASA PACE Mission Communications job
  • Senior Associate, Lenfest Ocean Program (Washington DC)
  • Research staff and technical assistant at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China - join a team of Chemical Oceanography and Ocean Biogeochemistry at School of Oceanography. There are three cross-linked research directions for Chemical Oceanography and Ocean Biogeochemistry with focus on the process study of Open Ocean, that is: Biogeochemistry on trace elements and their isotopes; Organic geochemistry on biomarkers and carbon cycle; Radio isotope geochemistry on U-Th series and/or other type of tracers. Candidates are supposed to have Ocean Science related degrees to fill in research and faculty positions (PhD) and technical positions (MSc). An application form should include following materials: CV, Statement of teaching and research interests for research and faculty position, or experiences on technical work, up to 5 publications with applicant as first author, and contact information of three referees. Contact: Dr. Gu Yun Sun
  • Chief Chemical Oceanographer/Marine Chemist to identify and steward growth areas in coastal/marine chemistry, lead proposals, and manage and carry out research projects/programs strategic to the energy, environment, and security focus of the Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA (closes June 28)
  • Lab Technician, Engineers, Interns, Postdocs and more at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA
  • Assistant Research Professor in Geochemistry at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (Palisades, New York) in the area of biogeochemical processes and their role in global climate Open until filled
  • Associate Professor - Director of Rutgers Marine Field Station
  • Hakai Institute is hiring!
    • Genomics lab specialists
    • Geospatial scientists
    • Field technicians
    • Data management/ science/ visualization experts
  • Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA) is hiring faculty at all levels to expand our program in coastal ecosystems ecology.
  • Assistant Scientist in Oceanography (Physical Oceanography/Biogeochemical System Approaches) at BIOS (Bermuda)
  • NERACOS Executive Director 
  • Postdoc in physiological ecology available in the Rivest lab at VIMS. The project that funds this position is focused on effects of ocean acidification and co-stressors.
  • The Nicholas School of the Environment (NSOE) at Duke University invites applications for a faculty position in physical oceanography. This is one of four areas of interest for two tenure-track Assistant Professorships that NSOE plans to fill in the natural sciences. We seek an outstanding and visionary candidate who studies large- to regional-scale physical oceanography, focusing on such problems as ocean-atmospheric interactions and/or basin-scale material transport and mixing, especially as these may relate to past, current, and future climate and ocean environments. Applicant’s work should be grounded in theory and use observational or modeling approaches. Successful candidates are expected to develop an externally funded and nationally recognized research program, teach and mentor undergraduate, professional and graduate students, and engage in service within NSOE, the University, and in the broader scientific community. Successful candidates are also expected to demonstrate a commitment to advancing excellence through diversity and inclusion.
  • Two jobs affiliated with a new NASA Carbon Monitoring System-funded project titled Data-Model Integration for Monitoring and Forecasting Coastal Wetland Carbon Exchanges: Serving Local to National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
  • Full list of National Sea Grant positions
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Biology Department - full-time tenure-track position at the Assistant Scientist level on our Scientific Staff (www.whoi.edu/biology). We seek outstanding candidates to complement our existing interdisciplinary strengths in biology, biological oceanography, and marine ecology. We are particularly interested in applicants who conduct research in behavioral ecology of marine top predators; areas of focus may include (but are by no means limited to) social, ecological, evolutionary and anthropogenic determinants of behavior. Please visit http://careers.whoi.edu and respond to Job Reference 19-10-06. Applicants should include, as a single PDF document: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three-page research statement, names and contact information of four references, and copies of up to three relevant publications or preprints.
  • Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University seeks to fill a research faculty position in the area of Organic Geochemistry
  • Stony Brook University - Presidential Search
  • Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure-track) position, Polar climate modeling – University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position in hydrogeochemistry/low temperature geochemistry at The Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University. The anticipated start date is August 1, 2020.
  • Tenure-track faculty positions in marine policy analysis at the WHOI Marine Policy Center (visit http://careers.whoi.edu, Job Reference 19-09-03)
  • Project Coordinator, Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions, UC Irvine
  • Ocean Acidification Senior Scientist (Natural Resource Scientist 4) (Lacey, WA) open until filled
  • NSF OPP has announced a nationwide search for a Program Director in Polar Cyberinfrastructure. Formal consideration will begin on July 10 and will continue until a selection is made.
  • Computational Postdoctoral Position in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling at Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA) Contact Joe Vallino

Postdocs

  • 3-year post-doctoral position on climate dynamics in the Southern Ocean, SO-CHIC Project (Univ. Reading)
  • Postdoc applying regional ocean models to stock assessments at Princeton University
  • Postdoc - research wetland biogeosciences Univ Maryland - open until filled
  • CPR Survey - newly created positions for a PostDoc Researcher, and a Research Software Engineer as part of a new iCPR project. Interested in plankton, machine learning, bioimage processing and data
  • Postdoctoral Scholar – Advanced Tech Data Acquisition
  • Postdoc examining microbial communities, nutrient dynamics, and biogeochemical function in San Francisco Bay estuary at Stanford University (start date ASAP, open until filled)
  • The Fulweiler lab at Boston University is looking for a postdoctoral research associate with experience in developing geochemical sensors for coastal or open-ocean biogeochemical measurements. The postdoctoral research associate will work on a newly funded NSF award titled, “CoPe: EAGER: Collaborative Research: Development of A Novel, Mobile Coastal Observatory for Quantifying Coastal Carbon Cycling by Professional and Citizen Scientists.” This is a collaborative project with the Girguis lab at Harvard University and Dr. Zara Mirmalek at the Harvard Kennedy School.
  • Postdoc - Research at the intersection of ocean physics and biogeochemistry in the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) at Princeton University
  • Postdoc to model climate change impacts on the Northeast US marine ecosystem using Atlantis located either the Woods Hole, MA lab or Narragansett, RI lab (NEFSC). Contact: vincent.saba@noaa.gov
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate: Merging top-down and bottom-up approaches to partition carbon and water fluxes between the atmosphere and biosphere with Dr. Anna Michalak’s lab at CIS in Stanford (location base), Dr. Trevor Keenan’s lab at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) in Berkeley, and Dr. Joshua Fisher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena
  • The Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (CAOS; http://caos.iisc.as.in) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc; https://iisc.ac.in) welcomes applications from recent PhDs in oceanography for the newly established Raman Postdoctoral Fellowships. Candidates of all nationalities are eligible to apply. The application form, details regarding the application process, salary and qualifications can be found at https://iisc.ac.in/post-docs/. The initial appointments will be for a period of two years. Details on research fields in oceanography are available from Prof. P. N. Vinayachandran (vinay@iisc.ac.in)
  • NASA JPL Postdoc Estimating and Studying the Global Ocean Ecology and Carbon Cycle Using Observations and Numerical Models with Michelle Gierach and Dimitris Menemenlis

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