Post-Doc in Fish Recruitment Bottlenecks in Large Lakes of North America and Europe

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. 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: 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. 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

Send a one-page cover letter describing your strengths and why you believe this position is the right fit for you, a two-page resume, and names and contact information of two references as a single PDF file named “[your last name]_whitefish.pdf” to Jason Stockwell (jason.stockwell@uvm.edu).