The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute invites applications each year for several postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology, and ocean engineering. Fellowships may require occasional trips to sea. Awards are typically for two years.
Located in Moss Landing, California, the heart of the nation’s largest marine sanctuary, MBARI places a balanced emphasis on science and engineering, with established programs in marine robotics, ocean physics, chemistry, geology, and biology, as well as information management and ocean instrumentation research and development.
Candidates must be awarded their Ph.D. degree prior to commencing the two-year appointment between September 2011 and March 2012.
Applicants are encouraged to communicate with potential research sponsors at MBARI for guidance on project feasibility, relevance to ongoing MBARI research, and resource availability.
Application deadline: Friday, December 10, 2010
Selected candidates will be contacted in early March 2011.
Application requirements:
- Curriculum vitae
- At least three professional letters of recommendation
- Succinct statement of the applicant’s doctoral research
- Potential research goals at MBARI
- Supplemental Information form
Address your cover letter to:
MBARI, Human Resources
Job code: Postdocs-2011
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644
Please submit your application materials by email to jobs_postdocs@mbari.org (preferred), or by mail to the above address,or by fax to (831) 775-1620.
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