MSc and PhD Positions in Freshwater Science, Management, and Conservation at University of British Columbia University of British Columbia in Canada

UBC’s new Olden Lab is recruiting an inaugural cohort of 6–8 MSc/PhD students to help build a freshwater science program from the ground up at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Research themes include hydropower, eDNA biosurveillance, invasive species, species-at-risk recovery, water security in the age of AI data centers, iEcology, machine learning, and conservation tech. Supervision is by Dr. Julian Olden (Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair in Freshwater Ecosystem Sustainability). Th...

University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) is advertising 6–8 graduate student openings for MSc and PhD study in Freshwater Science in the Olden Lab , Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences. The research themes are broad and interdisciplinary, including hydropower and sustainable water management , climate impacts , nature-based restoration , species at risk , invasive species , biotracers/eDNA , AI infrastructure , water security , and iEcology/big data/machine learning . The lab ...

The Olden Lab at the University of British Columbia is recruiting graduate students for funded MSc and PhD positions in Freshwater Science for Fall 2027 . Research themes include freshwater ecology , climate change , eDNA , invasive species , water security , big data , and machine learning . The positions are based at UBC Vancouver, Canada . Funding is listed as CAD $40,000/year for 4 years for PhD students and CAD $20,000/year for 2 years for MSc students. International students are welcome . ...

PhD opportunity in aquatic ecology , limnology , and biogeochemistry at Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) , Canada. Dr. Morgan Botrel is recruiting a PhD student for a project on the ecology and biogeochemistry of lake littoral zones in eastern Québec, with a particular focus on submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and charophytes . The selected student will lead three field seasons in lakes across the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie regions, with a possible additional season on Anticosti Isla...

PhD opportunity in ecology and biogeochemistry focused on the littoral zones of eastern Québec lakes . The project is based at the Université du Québec à Rimouski with Morgan Botrel , Professeure en biogéochimie aquatique. The successful candidate will lead three field seasons in lakes across Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie, and Anticosti , with a research theme centered on surveying submerged aquatic vegetation . The candidate will also have room to develop their own research questions within the b...