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NASA Sponsored Workshop on Calibration and Validation of Ocean Color Remote Sensing

Applicants are invited for the 2025 offering of the University of Maine’s long-running, hands-on optical oceanography graduate training course, “Calibration and Validation of Ocean Color Remote Sensing.”

The course will meet from May 18-Jun 14 2025, at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine, USA.

Course elements will include:

  • Lectures on the basic theory of the light interaction with matter in aquatic environments; ocean color remote sensing and its inversion; optical sensor design and function; optical approaches to ocean biogeochemistry; and computation and propagation of measurement uncertainties
  • Laboratory sessions for hands-on work with optical instrumentation and training in radiative transfer software
  • Field sampling of optical and biogeochemical variables in the environmentally diverse waters of coastal Maine
  • Analysis of optical and biogeochemical data sets
  • Collaborative student projects

Applications are requested by February 15, 2025.

For full information, and instructions to apply, please visit: https://dmc.umaine.edu/2024/11/21/nasa-sponsored-workshop-on-calibration-and-validation-of-ocean-color-remote-sensing/

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution tenure-track Job Opportunity – Due Dec 31st!

The Department of Geology and Geophysics (G&G) at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) invites candidates to apply to the open full-time tenure track position on our scientific staff*. We seek to hire at the Assistant Scientist level, but exceptional candidates at more senior levels may be considered.

We seek applicants with expertise in the broad area of Coastal Systems, studying processes including coastal change, compound hazards, and adaptation. We seek candidates who would complement the existing strengths in G&G and other WHOI Departments. Research areas of interest include impacts of storms, climate change, and sea-level rise; geomorphology, sediment transport, and hydrodynamics; and tools such as modeling, remote sensing, and machine learning/big data. We welcome those working across a range of timescales and environments, including but not limited to the open coast, wetlands, deltas, barrier islands, coral reef environments, and the urban and built environment.

*Tenure-track staff are positions equivalent to ladder-rank professorial posts and tenure-track group leader positions.

More details can be found on the ad: https://whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WHOI-External/details/Tenure-Track-Scientist—Geology—Geophysics_JR100046?jobFamilyGroup=2871b3d9aa081001a85f734576740002

Machine Learning Water Quality postdoc Virginia Tech, US

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech is seeking a postdoctoral associate whose research interests relate to leveraging interpretable machine learning to understand how landscape connectivity influences water quality. The selected candidate will work alongside and be mentored by me at the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory located in Northern Virginia. I’ve attached a PDF flyer and the job posting can be found HERE. Feel free to share this broadly.
The initial appointment is for a minimum of one year. The appointment may be extended for one or more years contingent on work performance and available funding. Apply by January 15, 2025 to ensure full consideration by the committee. A second review will occur after February 1, 2025. The position will remain open until filled. The preferred start date is negotiable, but no later than August 2025.