Jobs and Postdocs

Postdocs

• Postdoc in remote sensing of coastal wetlands with Haruko Wainright of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
• Postdoctoral Research Associate on the Coastal Carbon Cycle in the Ecosystem Science and Modeling lab at Harte Research Institute/Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
• Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology. Deadline is 14 May
• Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Climate & Ecosystems Division  postdoctoral scholar - characterizing ecosystem functioning and carbon and nutrient cycling across terrestrial-aquatic interfaces based on a suite of remote sensing data and data analytics (machine learning) tools.
• Bigelow postdoctoral scientist to investigate biological interactions that control harmful algal blooms. Help untangle the complex relationships between viruses, bacteria, and dinoflagellates in the Gulf of Mexico. Apply by April 16
• Postdoctoral Scholar for Marine Chemistry and Carbon Dioxide Removal at Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, WA, USA, Employer: University of Washington
• New postdoc opportunity in Dr Maria Tzortziou's group at Lamont Earth - focusing on ocean optics, biogeochemical cycles and ecological processes using field observations and remote sensing.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position within the Ocean Sciences group in the Depat of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences at the University of Liverpool, UK. The position is funded by two European Union Horizons 2020 awards to Prof Alessandro Tagliabue focused on the regulation of ocean primary productivity by essential resources. Total funding is available for up to 37 months and the position is open with immediate effect. You will work within two projects that are highly complementary - the European Research Council BYONIC project led Professor Tagliabue and the Atlanteco Horizons 2020 consortium project that focuses on the Atlantic Ocean microbiome
• Postdoc with Dr Susanne Craig at NASA Goddard on Bayesian machine learning to predict phytoplankton community composition from ocean color, computer scientists strongly encouraged
• Postdoc at USC on marsh responses to sea-level rise
• Postdoctoral Position in Biogeochemical Oceanography at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
• Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunity - Coastal wetland responses to extreme events: providing a historical perspective to better anticipate the future - Due April 5
• Postdoc opportunity to collaborate on a multi-institutional project evaluating carbon cycling in the North Atlantic using obs. from BGC floats and satellites - still accepting applications!
• Postdoctoral Researcher on seawater chemistry & coral physiology to work collaboratively with a dynamic and interdisciplinary research team, co-advised by Dr. Kuʻulei Rodgers (Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology) and Dr. Keisha Bahr (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi) and work alongside Dr. Ellen Briggs (University of Hawaiʻi) and Dr. Chris Sabine (University of Hawaiʻi) on a collaborative NSF funded project.
• Postdoctoral fellow at the IBS Center for Climate Physics, Pusan National University, to work with Dr. Christian Franzke on the dynamical response of the atmosphere to global warming, modeling of extreme weather and climate events and how they will change in a warmer world
• Postdoc on interdisciplinary project in the emerging field of ocean carbon dioxide removal and negative emissions technologies that aims to mitigate ocean acidification while decreasing the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration with Eisaman Lab at SUNY Stony Brook  joint project with Dr. Brendan Carter, closes April 26, 11:59 PM
• Graduate School of Arts & Sciences UVA new Postdoctoral Fellows Program intended to support under-represented scholars in any field; applicants in STEM fields are particularly encouraged to apply. Deadline is April 12
• International Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Ocean Frontiers Institute, deadline May 31
• Post-doctoral position in Marine chemistry at the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Marseille, France
• Postdoctoral or more senior scientist to work with Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program at Princeton and NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory to identify oceanic areas subject to extremes in individual and multiple biogeochemical stressors (e.g. ocean acidification, temperature, ocean deoxygenation), and evaluate against site-specific observations to help inform requirements for future instrument deployment, as well as the development of sustainable management strategies. Apply by May 1, 11:59 p.m. EST for full consideration
• Princeton AOS postdoctoral position in Analysis of Ocean Acidification and Multiple Stressor Extremes, Apply by May 1, 2021
• Postdoctoral Research Associate: OA mitigation and ocean-based CO2 removal, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, Apply here until April 26, 2021
• Postdoctoral research associate in the Ecosystem Science and Modeling lab at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. Contact Dr. Xinping Hu
• Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position within the Ocean Sciences group in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences at the University of Liverpool (UoL), UK. The position is funded by two European Union Horizons 2020 awards to Prof Alessandro Tagliabue focused on the regulation of ocean primary productivity by essential resources. Total funding is available for up to 37 months and the position is open with immediate effect. You will work within two projects that are highly complementary - the European Research Council BYONIC project led Professor Tagliabue and the Atlanteco Horizons 2020 consortium project that focuses on the Atlantic Ocean microbiome.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate – Phytoplankton Ecology at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (Corpus Christi, Texas).  The postdoctoral researcher will conduct research under the auspices of a new grant that will facilitate implementation of a harmful algal bloom monitoring program in Matagorda Bay and San Antonio Bay (Texas). This is a grant-funded position with two years of funding initially. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate has been identified. For questions about the position, contact Dr Mike Wetz
• Postdoc with Dr Susanne Craig at NASA Goddard: 2-year position available NOW investigating Bayesian machine learning to predict phytoplankton community composition from ocean color. Computer Scientists strongly encouraged!
• Postdoctoral Research Associate to support the work of Dr Jamie Shutler at Univ Exter, to work on two projects (OceanSODA and MAXSS) focused on studying atmospheric and oceanic interactions and carbon
• Postdoc position at the Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg University (Sweden). Research areas: i) bivalve neuroendocrine physiology; or (ii) microalgal production for shellfish aquaculture; or (iii) aquaponics. The position involves quite some flexibility in terms of geographic location and remote working.
• University of Delaware School of Marine Science and Policy Postdoctoral Research Scholar position in marine ecology and oceanography, on the movement patterns of marine predators across multiple scales
• Postdoctoral fellow at the IBS Center for Climate Physics, Pusan National University, to work with Dr. Christian Franzke on the dynamical response of the atmosphere to global warming, modeling of extreme weather and climate events and how they will change in a warmer world
• Postdoc position in Dr. Alyssa Joyce's group at the Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg University, Sweden. Research areas: i) bivalve neuroendocrine physiology; or (ii) microalgal production for shellfish aquaculture; or (iii) aquaponics. The position involves quite some flexibility in terms of geographic location and remote working.
• Dr. Kristen Buck at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science invites applications to fill a Postdoctoral Research position working on a project investigating iron-binding organic ligands in open ocean systems.
• Postdoctoral researcher to participate in the study of extreme changes in the Earth system and their impacts on ocean biogeochemistry in Ocean Biogeochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder. This effort is part of two larger projects that aim to describe the impact of extreme events on the Earth system, such as the end-Cretaceous asteroid event or a hypothetical nuclear conflict. Review of applications begins March 22, open until filled. Contact Nikki Lovenduski
• Ocean Sciences Department at the UC Santa Cruz postdoctoral scholar, under the direction of Kendra Turk-Kubo and Jonathan Zehr in the Zehr Research group. The postdoctoral scholar will work collaboratively with another postdoctoral scholar on projects relating to understanding the biology and ecology of two groups of marine nitrogen fixing microorganisms that are not well-understood - non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs and the UCYN-A/haptophyte symbiosis.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate in computational ocean biogeochemistry with Dr Scott Doney in the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Review of applications begins February 9
• AWI PostDoc "Biogeochemical Earth System Modeling: Ocean-based Negative Emissions", part of the EU project OceanNETs: Ocean Negative Emission Technologies (apply by 28th Feb)
• Potential biogeochemical oceanographer postdoc opportunity with Andrew Margolin
• Univ Arizona, Princeton, and NOAA GFDL postdoc to analyze simulations of the Southern Ocean from GFDL’s CMIP6-generation ocean-only and coupled climate models using observational constraints
• In response to the shortage of researchers trained in AI, Northeastern seeks postdoctoral candidates from fields beyond computer science to grow its cadre of scholars in Artificial intelligence, to work with with a population geneticist K Lotterhos and data scientist Predrag Radivojac (or others)
• Dr Sophie Clayton, Old Dominion University, is recruiting a post-doctoral research associate to work on a project collecting and analyzing phytoplankton imaging data (IFCB) from an estuarine time series site in the Chesapeake Bay. The ideal candidate will have experience working with imaging flow cytometers, be proficient in python and/or matlab and have some knowledge of phytoplankton taxonomy. There may also be opportunities for ocean going data collection. Please contact sclayton@odu.edu for further information.
• Postdoc in ocean color remote sensing at Helmholtz Geesthacht
• Interested in a postdoc next year in the areas of carbon cycle, blue carbon, gas exchange? Contact Dr David Ho
• Post-doc or post master degree (advanced technical positions) available abroad in Europe, working on OA/multiple stressors topics in the Northern Adriatic,  experience building the OA experimental set-up, data analyses, expertise in aquatic toxicology. Interested candidates please send Nina Bednarsek, Senior Scientist, SCCWRP your CV to ninab@sccwrp.org
• Post-Doctoral Position in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement -Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara. Final date: July 31, 2021, 11:59pm (PT)
• Nye lab in Fisheries Oceanography postdoctoral scholar to study the effects of climate change on marine fishes and ecosystems
• Postdoc: effects of freshwater inflow to estuaries at regional scales; hydrology, hydroecology, and estuarine ecology at Texas A&M, open until filled
• Postdoctoral position with Thomas Frölicher at Climate and Environmental Physics Division of the University of Bern in ocean modeling with focus on ocean compound extreme events
• Postdoc join an NSF funded, multi-institutional effort to study ocean carbon cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean using observations from biogeochemical profiling floats and satellites, based at NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in conjunction with the MBARI Chemical Sensor Lab, has potential for 2.5 years of support
• Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences at the UMASS Dartmouth postdoctoral fellow to study regional horizontal and vertical ocean mixing and its impact on biogeochemical fluxes in oxygen deficient zones, using data from autonomous profiling floats and synthetic drifters driven by regional ocean models. Knowledge of ocean turbulence at small and regional scales, mixing parameterizations, as well as data analysis is required and knowledge of ocean biogeochemistry and experience with Lagrangian models is a plus. The position is funded by an ONR collaborative study led by Drs. Mark Altabet, Amit Tandon, Geoff Cowles (UMassD), and Eric D’Asaro (UW), and offers broad interdisciplinary work involving analysis of observations produced by regional arrays of autonomous floats some of which are equipped with novel biogeochemical sensors.  Applicants should send a letter stating their interests and qualifications, along with a current curriculum vitae, a brief narrative describing their professional goals, and a list of three references, electronically, to: Mark Altabet (maltabet@umassd.edu)
• Postdoctoral fellow in Molecular Ecology, Genomics or Computational Biology/Bioinformatics to join the Marine Climate Change Unit/Ravasi’s Unit at OIST (https://groups.oist.jp/macc) to work on a long-term project that aims to understand the effects of climate stressors (i.e. ocean acidification and warming) on coral reef fishes.
• Senior Postdoctoral Associate to work with an interdisciplinary team of biological and physical oceanographers at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University
• Gulf of Maine Research Institute postdoc - with Dr Lisa Kerr and GMRI team, Rutgers University, and NOAA NEFSC - focus on developing an integrated modeling framework to inform marine resource decision-making under projected climate change in the Northeast U.S. shelf ecosystem
• The Department of Geosciences at Princeton University has an opening for a postdoctoral or more senior researcher in the area of ocean biophysical modeling to work with Professor Laure Resplandy, in collaboration with Jessica Luo from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. The researcher will investigate the biological and physical carbon pumps occurring at small spatial and temporal scale using a high-resolution bio-physical model and existing observations. The researcher will specifically examine how ecosystem patchiness, vertical plankton migration and trophic interactions at the eddy scale influence the ocean carbon pump.
• Postdoctoral position to explore Southern Ocean climate dynamics through the SOCCOM project. The position is through the University of Arizona and is closely affiliated with NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Formal applications must be submitted to: http://talent.arizona.edu; Position/Posting #: req1883
• Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Ocean Carbon Cycle at  University of Delaware (UD) School of Marine Science and Policy invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar position in ocean carbon cycle research. The position is available immediately.  The successful candidate will work on ocean carbon cycle research and analytical methods. Specifically, the postdoc will work on improving a novel analytical method that simultaneously measures the concentration and stable isotope of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC and d13C-DIC) with high precision and accuracy at sea and apply the method to fieldwork for ocean carbon cycle research including estimation of anthropogenic CO2 uptake in the Atlantic Ocean and/or estimation of terrestrial and ocean margin carbon export fluxes to the open ocean. The postdoctoral scholar will make use of state-of-the-art analytical and experimental facilities in Wei-Jun Cai’s Ocean Carbon Research Laboratory. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in either chemical oceanography, analytical chemistry, or a closely related field. The position will be located in the main campus of the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. The postdoc will attend field cruises in the South Atlantic Ocean and/or North American ocean margins and is also expected to lead first-authored publications. The appointment will be for one year, with continuation pending performance and funding for up to a total of three years. Please contact Dr. Wei-Jun Cai (wcai@udel.edu) for additional information.
• Postdoc to work on a multi-institutional, NSF-funded project to evaluate carbon cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean using observations from biogeochemical (BGC) profiling floats and satellites
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is currently searching for two Postdoctoral Investigators to join the Biology Department to study marine planktonic ecosystems.
• Salmon ecology/ecosystem modeling postdoc at Oregon State University
• Postdoc at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences to work on a project titled “Nitrous oxide reduction in oxygen minimum zones: an understudied but critical loss term in ocean greenhouse gas cycling”
• University of Virginia postdoctoral Research Associate in the laboratory of Dr. Jason Papin - primarily in the area of systems biology
• OOI 2021 postdocs
• Department of Geosciences at Princeton University - postdoctoral or more senior researcher in the area of ocean biophysical modeling to  with Professor Laure Resplandy, in collaboration with Jessica Luo from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
• Postdoc with Guillaume Maze at Univ. Brest - use neural networks to develop synergy between ocean observing systems over boundary currents, with a focus on the Gulf Stream
• Two Postdoctoral Investigators to join the WHOI Biology Department to study marine planktonic ecosystems
• Postdoctoral in Biogeochemical Oceanography at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
• Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ocean Biophysical Modeling at Princeton/GFDL
• Postdoc - ecosystem modeller at Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia, includes dedicated training with the developers of the Atlantis E2E model at CSIRO
• Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of the American Museum of Natural History invites applications for Research Fellowships in residence for postdoctoral investigators and established scientists to carry out projects in collaboration with department staff
• 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
• Postdoc examining microbial communities, nutrient dynamics, and biogeochemical function in San Francisco Bay estuary at Stanford University (start date ASAP, open until filled)
• 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
• NASA JPL Postdoc Estimating and Studying the Global Ocean Ecology and Carbon Cycle Using Observations and Numerical Models with Michelle Gierach and Dimitris Menemenlis