Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Graduate Assistantship at UW-Madison
We are seeking applications for the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (Midwest CASC) Graduate Assistantship for the 2024-25 academic year (Sept 2024-August 2025). Current or incoming UW-Madison Ph.D. or M.S. students pursuing research applicable to the mission of the Midwest CASC are eligible for consideration. One or two one-year research assistantships, which includes tuition, will be awarded. Apply by April 22. See more details and how to apply.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Aquatic Vegetation and Fisheries Community Modeling
The Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate to participate in a Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership-funded project to explore the importance of aquatic vegetation as habitat for fish in north-temperate lakes. Apply by April 30. See more details and how to apply.
Data Scientist/PostDoctoral Associate
seeking a Data Scientist for a research project focused on spatio-temporal dynamics of nutrients and water quality in the western arm of the Lake Superior Basin to understand emerging harmful algal blooms. This position will be based at the Lake Superior Naonal Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) in Superior, WI or Center for Limnology in Madison, WI, and be co-mentored by Kait Reinl (Lake Superior NERR, UW-Madson) and Hilary Dugan (Center for Limnology, UW-Madison). See more details and how to apply.
Summer Undergrad Field Season Hiring
Eligibility: Students must be currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment in summer 2024 or fall 2024 at an accredited college or university in the USA are eligible. UW-Madison students would be given priority. Students who graduated in spring 2024 will NOT be eligible for student hourly positions for the summer of 2024.
LimnoLaunch Madison May 20-22 & LimnoLaunch Trout Lake Station May 22-24
Required for positions listed below. Designed to 1) break down barriers for anyone with little-to-no experience doing scientific field work and gain more broad experience than on individual projects; and 2) build a better sense of community amo0ng everyone doing research on our lakes in the summer.
- Priority consideration deadline Feb 21.
- Applications accepted until positions are filled.
- Applicants contacted for interviews starting Feb 26.
- Fish Ecology Field & Laboratory Assistant – Filled
- Fish Ecology Field & Laboratory Assistant – Bright Spots – FILLED
- Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Wisconsin Waters: Field and Lab Assistant
- Lake Phenology Intern at Trout Lake Station – FILLED
- LTER Base Crew – Southern Lakes
- LTER Base Crew – Trout Lake Station
- Mendota Invasives Research Technician – FILLED
- Pond Nutrient Cycling Research Technician – Filled
- Research Assistant – Bog Microbial Ecology
- Research Assistant: Whole-Lake Fertilization Experiment – FILLED
- Science Communication Intern – Hasler Lab, Madison
- Science Communication Intern – Trout Lake Station
- SCUBA Field Research Assistant
- Seepage Lake Water Quality Field & Laboratory Assistant
- Urban Angler Interviewers
- Water Chemistry Lab Technician
- Wild Rice Intern at Trout Lake Station – FILLED
- Zaaga’iganan Kinship Project Intern at Trout Lake Station
Working at Trout Lake Station in Boulder Junction – Video
UW-Madison Center for Limnology is committed to providing opportunities to people from all backgrounds to help create a welcoming, empowered, and inclusive community; encouraging women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities to apply.
“Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background—people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.”
SummerUndergrad Field Season Hiring