PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Freshwater Ecology in Finland

This PhD position is based at the Department of Aquatic Resources at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU Aqua) and focuses on the management and conservation of critically endangered fish, with a particular emphasis on eel ( Anguilla ). The project addresses key knowledge gaps around trap and transport (T&T) , a management method used to support fish migration in river systems with barriers and to reduce turbine mortality for downstream-moving fish. The doctoral project is desig...

Charles Sturt University's Gulbali Institute for Agriculture, Water and Environment is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the One Basin CRC project Confluences: Integrated Data for Fish and River Health Across the Murray-Darling Basin . The project addresses fragmented environmental datasets across the Basin and aims to improve how information is accessed, integrated and used to support river restoration and citizen science. The successful researcher will identify and secure access to di...

Charles Sturt University’s Gulbali Institute for Agriculture, Water and Environment is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to contribute to the One Basin CRC project Confluences: Integrated Data for Fish and River Health Across the Murray-Darling Basin . The project addresses fragmented environmental datasets across the Murray-Darling Basin and aims to improve how information is accessed, integrated and used to support river restoration and citizen science. The successful researcher will iden...

A PhD position in biology with specialisation in aquatic ecology is available at the Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The project addresses the management and conservation of critically endangered fishes, with a particular focus on Anguillid eels . The doctoral research is centred on Trap and Transport (T&T) , a method used in fragmented river systems to help fish continue migration and to reduce mortality associated with hydropower t...

This PhD project at Uppsala University is based in the Department of Ecology and Genetics within the Limnology program at the Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC) . The project focuses on phytoplankton succession in lakes and how these communities respond to environmental change. The student will work on process-based biogeochemical and dynamical modelling to study the drivers of seasonal changes in phytoplankton community composition. The research examines how physical and chemical conditions, pre...

[Funded through the CENTA3 DLA and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Funding covers an annual stipend, tuition fees at home-fee level, and a Research Training Support Grant.] This PhD studentship will investigate how micro- and nanoplastics disrupt algal physiology, plankton community structure, trophic transfer, and carbon sequestration in aquatic ecosystems. The project addresses an urgent gap in understanding how plastic particles influence the organisms that underpin marine fo...

This research opportunity with the U.S. Geological Survey focuses on developing food-web models to better understand river management questions in the Grand Canyon segment of the Colorado River Basin . The project offers a mentored research experience in ecological dynamics, food-web processes, and water-resource conditions, with an emphasis on how environmental change and hydrologic conditions influence fish populations and food-web structure. Working with a supportive science team, the student...

The Olden Lab in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia is offering funded MSc and PhD opportunities in freshwater science in Vancouver, Canada. The positions focus on major freshwater research challenges, including freshwater conservation , climate change, sustainable water management, biodiversity, environmental DNA (eDNA), and machine learning. Students will be able to develop research connected to the conservation and management of freshwater...

Research Associate - Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Research at Miami University is centered in the Wagner Lab and the Biology Department. The position supports research on anthropogenic stressors affecting aquatic ecosystems and fisheries, with a focus on climate change, emerging contaminants, invasive species, and land use change. The research associate will contribute to integrative, multidisciplinary work aimed at building a system-level understanding of the factors shaping aquatic ecosystems...