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, social science, 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 2009
and March 2010.
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: Thursday, December 11, 2008
Selected candidates will be contacted in early March 2009.
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-2009
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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