External Opportunities

The following job postings have been submitted to the IOF by employers. The IOF does not endorse the job postings listed on the site, but lists them for the benefit of our students and alumni, as well as those in the broader oceans and fisheries community.

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September 2025

Postdoctoral Vacancy: “BLUESHORES – Field implementation and evaluation of hybrid blue-green structures in European estuaries
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Location: Yerseke, The Netherlands
Desired Start: September 26
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Assistant Professor – Environmental Geochemistry
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management – University of California, Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, CA
Desired Start: September 29
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Postdoc position: “Future-proofing low trophic aquaculture systems with marine macrophytes”
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Location: Yerseke, The Netherlands
Desired Start: September 30
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Field Director
Oceana
Location: Washington, DC
Desired Start: September 30
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Modélisateur des écosystèmes marins spécialisé en assimilation de données biogéochimiques F/H – Marine ecosystem modeler specialized in biogeochemical data assimilation W/M
Mercator Ocean International
Location: Toulouse, France
Desired Start: September 30
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Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Doerr School of Sustainability – Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
Desired Start: September 30
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Assistant Professor in Sustainable Food Systems
Doerr School of Sustainability – Stanford University
Location: Stanford, CA
Desired Start: September 30
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October 2025

Program Manager
National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC)
Location: Remote (US)
Desired Start: October start date
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Vice President, Ghana
Oceana
Location: Accra, Ghana
Desired Start: October 10
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Scientifique de Projet (F/H) / Project Scientist (W/M)
Mercator Ocean International
Location: Toulouse, France
Desired Start: October 11
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Black Faculty Position: Assistant Professor of Teaching
Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia
Location: Vancouver, BC
Desired Start: October 15 (review begins)
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Postdoc position: “Applied Marine Benthic Ecology”
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Location: Yerseke, The Netherlands
Desired Start: October 17
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November 2025

Assistant or Associate Professor of Global Environmental Policy
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: School for Environment and Sustainability
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Desired Start: November 1
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Postdoc – Developing multi-species joint spatial models to characterise Arctic mammals’ hotspots and their sensitivity to oil spills
UBC Department of Statistics, in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Location: Vancouver, BC
Desired Start: November start preferred
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December 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher (Ichthyology)
LSU Museum of Natural Science – Louisiana State University
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Desired Start: December 5 (review begins)
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Senior Marine Biologist
Stantec
Location: British Columbia
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Assistant Professor – Fisheries Oceanography
School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment- The University of South Carolina
Location: Columbia, SC
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Postdoc- Modelling impacts of pollutions in global marine ecosystems (hiring ASAP)
MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation Lab
Location: Sète, France
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Postdoc in Nature Based Solutions
University of Florida, Altieri Lab
Location: Gainesville, FL & Panama
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Research Technician- Ocean Acidification Program
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Research Technician- Ecotoxicology Program
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Location: Sarasota, FL
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Eminent Scholar in Ocean Technology
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Location: Sarasota, FL
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PhD- Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms
University of Leeds- The School of Biology
Location: Leeds, England
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REEF RESTORATION POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
University of Miami- Lirman Lab
Location: Key Biscayne, FL
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PhD- Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms
Leeds University- School of Biology
Location: Leeds, England
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Chair Professor/Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor
City University of Hong Kong
Location: Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
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Faculty Research Assistant
Oregon State University
Location: Newport, OR
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Researcher (2)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Postdoctoral Research Program)
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