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OCB Postdoc Exchange!
JOBS
- Multiple new faculty openings at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON). The solicitation is fairly wide open in terms of coastal, marine, and oceanographic faculty being sought, also including the engineering and social sciences. We are willing to hire at both the Assistant and Associate Professor ranks, commensurate with qualifications. All applications received by October 16, 2026 will receive full consideration. Review will continue until the positions are filled.
- The Fitzsimmons Chemical Oceanography group in the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, is searching for a Laboratory Manager (formal title: Assistant Research Scientist) who will help lead trace metal laboratory and field operations and train/mentor students and visiting scientists. This position is PI-eligible but fully supported on existing PI funds; ideally it will operate as a true research and training partnership with PI Fitzsimmons. Applications will remain open until filled; careful review of applications will begin Sept 22.
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences invites applications for Senior Research Scientists (SRSs). These positions are heads of research programs, equivalent to a principal investigator or faculty positions in research universities. This search is open to faculty at all career stages (equivalent to Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor ranks). Deadline November 1
- 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
POSTDOCS
- Postdoctoral Scholarship in Ocean Carbon Cycling: We invite applications for a Global multi-scale Ocean Carbon Observatory (GOCO) Postdoctoral Scholar at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in the USA. This year’s position focusses on work directly related to the WHOI Ocean Vital Signs Network (OVSN) program activities in the Northwest Atlantic. Applications are welcome for any work that directly connects with or leverages current OVSN projects and activities. Applications will be accepted up to October 15, 2026.
- Applications open for multiple postdoctoral scholar positions in the Luo Lab, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University. Research focus: marine microbial ecology, viruses, biogeochemistry, and metagenomics, with a focus on microbial impacts on carbon cycling. Start date is flexible, fall 2026 to summer 2027.
- Four Postdoctoral Research Fellows to join an interdisciplinary study on marine species distributions in the NE Atlantic to be based at Trinity College Dublin and appointments will be made at the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Salary level for Ireland (€78,937 per annum), subject to funding rules and Trinity College appointment procedures. Closes at noon (Irish Standard Time) October 10
- Amino Acid Biogeochemistry Postdoc at Northern Arizona University - School of Earth &. Sustainability. Two-year position. Flexible start date. Application review begins August 31. Closes September 30
- 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
- Biological or physical oceanographer postdoc position in biooptics and/or satellite remote sensing at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
