Job Board

Postdoctoral Researcher

Institute for Water and Health | Posted Nov 4, 2026

The Institute for Water and Health (IWH) at Georgia Southern University seeks a motivated postdoctoral researcher to support groundwater modeling and hydrogeology in ongoing projects across Southeast Georgia. The successful candidate will lead groundwater research projects focused on coastal aquifers and saltwater intrusion.

Director, Sea-Level Investigation and Management (SLIM)

Harvard University | Posted Nov 3, 2026

Harvard’s program on Sea-Level Investigation and Management seeks a Director to co-lead the program with the Faculty Director. Reporting to the Executive Director, with a dotted line to the Faculty Director of the Salata Institute, the Director will bring a deep understanding of water management and hydrology to the program's strategy and direction. This is a senior position with broad authority over program strategy and execution. This is a benefits-eligible, one-year term position with the possibility of extension.

Assistant Professor- Hydrologic Systems Engineering -Fall 2027

University of Texas at Austin | Posted Oct 21, 2026

Deadline: Nov 19, 2026

The Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in hydrologic systems engineering.

Assistant Professor, Hydrology

SUNY Plattsburgh | Posted Oct 20, 2026

Deadline: Nov 8, 2026

Expected to begin in Fall 2027, this 10-month, tenure-track position is housed within the Center for Earth & Environmental Science (CEES) and focuses on hydrology and Earth surface processes. The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service at an institution dedicated primarily to undergraduate education, with opportunities to contribute to the Master’s program in Natural Resources and Ecology.

MS/PhD Graduate Assistant

University of South Dakota | Posted Oct 16, 2026

Deadline: Nov 15, 2026

The Sustainability Evaluation and Applied Data Science Lab (SEADS) at University of South Dakota seeks a graduate assistant position to work on Life Cycle Assessment and surrogate machine learning models to study energy/water footprints of data center lifecycles in the Northern Great Plains.

Postdoctoral Scholar in Hydrology

Indiana University and University of Wisconsin-Madison | Posted Oct 16, 2026

Deadline: Dec 1, 2026

The Department of Geography at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to conduct independent research under the joint mentorship of Dr. Darren Ficklin (Indiana University Bloomington) and Dr. Margaret Zimmer (University of Wisconsin–Madison). The postdoctoral scholar will be based in the Department of Geography at Indiana University Bloomington and will have opportunities to interact and collaborate with research groups at both Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

PhD /MS Assistantship in Spatial Hydrology or Riverscape Health

Texas State University | Posted Oct 16, 2026

Deadline: Dec 1, 2026

PhD/MS assistantship in spatial hydrology or riverscape assessment at Texas State University to begin Fall 2027. Potential research themes include (but are not limited to): spatial hydrologic modeling, riverscape mapping and analysis, and catchment characterization.

PhD positions in the FLUX Lab in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Texas A&M University | Posted Oct 12, 2026

The FLUX Lab in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University seeks motivated PhD students, for an expected start date of Fall 2027. The FLUX Lab conducts research in environmental fluid mechanics and water resources engineering, with particular interests in surface water–groundwater interactions and coupled hydrologic modeling.

Postdoctoral Scholar in Terrestrial Hydrology and Remote Sensing

University of California, Irvine | Posted Oct 1, 2026

Deadline: Dec 31, 2026

The Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to investigate the global spatial organization of precipitation, soil moisture, and vegetation using satellite observations and models. The postdoctoral scholar will work on an NSF-funded project examining how hydrologic and vegetation conditions are organized across spatial scales, the environmental factors that control these patterns, and how well they are represented in models.

Research and Operations Hydrologist

The Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego | Posted Sep 30, 2026

The Research and Operations Hydrologist position is located in Sacramento and will integrate with the CA Department of Water Resources (DWR) Hydrology and Flood Operations Branch and the National Weather Service (NWS) California Nevada River Forecast Center (CNRFC) to foster a Research and Operations Partnership (RAOP) with CW3E and associated institutions and agencies.