Post-Doc in Fish Recruitment Bottlenecks, University of Vermont
Post-Doc in Fish Recruitment Bottlenecks in Large Lakes of North America and Europe
Location: The successful applicant will be physically located at the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science
Laboratory, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. Remote work is not an option for this
post-doc position. International applicants are welcome.
Responsibilities: Successful applicant will work with an international team of scientists to lead a project
testing hypotheses about the influence of climate change, system productivity, and invasive species on
declining fish populations in large lakes of North America and Europe. The focus will be on whitefishes
(Coregonus spp.) using coupled larval fish foraging and bioenergetics models with long-term data sets on
environmental conditions, zooplankton, invasive mussels, and fish population dynamics to assess the
relative contribution of these factors to year-class strength indices. The successful applicant will be
expected to participate in and contribute to the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory community.
Salary: ~$62,000/yr plus benefits for 2 years
Closing date: open until filled; review of applications will begin January 15, 2026
Start date: negotiable, preferably before May 2026
- Posted: December 4, 2025
- Job Type: Post-doc
- Application deadline: 01/15/2026
- Organization: University of Vermont
- Qualifications: Qualifications: Competitive applicants will have a PhD in fisheries, aquatic ecology, limnology, ecological modeling, or equivalent field, demonstrated experience working with large data sets, modeling, fluency in R or other appropriate programming language, published research in peer-reviewed journals as lead author, and a demonstrated aptitude for organization and working well with others.
- How to apply: Qualifications: Competitive applicants will have a PhD in fisheries, aquatic ecology, limnology, ecological modeling, or equivalent field, demonstrated experience working with large data sets, modeling, fluency in R or other appropriate programming language, published research in peer-reviewed journals as lead author, and a demonstrated aptitude for organization and working well with others.
- Location: Burlington, VT
Contact Information
Jason Stockwell
jason.stockwell@uvm.edu