Postdoctoral Fellow

** Job Posting

Title:

** Postdoctoral Fellow**---
- **** Hiring Department:
** Department of Marine Science**---
- **** Position Open To:
** All Applicants**---
- **** Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

** 40**---
- **** FLSA Status:
** Exempt**---
- **** Earliest

Start Date:

** May 31, 2025**---
- **** Position Duration:
** Expected to Continue Until May 31, 2026**---
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* Location:

** PORT ARANSAS, TX**---
- **** Job Details:
**** General Notes
** This Postdoctoral Fellow position will be part of the Coastal Carbon Cycle Laboratory of the Marine Science Institute at the University of Texas at Austin located in Port Aransas, Texas. The initial appointment is set for one year, renewal is subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.
** Responsibilities
* ** Join field and lab-based experiment, perform data collection and interpretation.
* Present research results at national/international  meetings.
* Write manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed international journals.
* Collaborate with other members of the lab group, and mentor undergraduate/early career graduate students in the lab.
* Perform other duties as assigned.
** Required Qualifications
*** Doctoral degree in marine chemistry, chemical oceanography, or a related field, earned within the last 3 years.
* Experience in seawater carbonate chemistry studies, including both shipboard experience and experience working with in situ ocean acidification sensors.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience communicating scientific findings to a broad audience.
** Preferred Qualifications
*** Experience in sediment geochemical analysis, familiar with sediment sulfur/sulfide analysis and data interpretation.
* Experience with numerical and statistical modeling of natural systems.
* Working knowledge in programming languages such as Mat Lab and/or R.
* Experience with project management and ability to meet project goals in a timely manner.·
** Salary Range**$59,000 annually
** Working Conditions***.
** Daily work involves corrosive chemicals and heavy metals
* Occasional extended work hours
* Fieldwork can be under adverse weather conditions.
** Required Materials
*** Resume/CV
* 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
* Letter of interest
** Important*
* ** for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:
** You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required  Materials have been uploaded.

Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
** Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:
** As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application.

The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented  to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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- ** Employment Eligibility:
** Please make sure you meet all the required qualifications and you can perform all of the essential functions with or without a reasonable accommodation.

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- ** Retirement Plan Eligibility:
** The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least…