Assistant Professor in Marine Biology & Ecology

Job Details

Assistant Professor in Marine Biology and Ecology - Marine Biomedical Science or Quantitative Systems Ecology

The Department of Marine Biology and Ecology (MBE) at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the broad areas of Marine Biomedical Science or Quantitative Systems Ecology. We seek innovative scientists with an outstanding research and education record who can enrich our department through cutting-edge research, engaged teaching, mentoring, and service.

Position Overviews

Marine Biomedical Science

We seek a researcher who will bridge marine organismal biology, physiology, and environmental health with biomedical or translational relevance. The successful candidate will develop a vibrant, externally funded research program that complements a departmental mission to understand how environmental and physiological stressors, such as hypoxia, infection, aging, pollution, and climate change affect health and disease across species. We are particularly interested in candidates who use marine or aquaculture models to study topics such as:

Stress physiology, immunology, or neurobiology in marine organisms Molecular or cellular responses to disease, environmental change, pollutants, or pathogens Aquatic models of cancer including tumor initiation, progression, and environmental co-factors Marine microbial ecology and microbiome studies tied to organismal health or adaptation Marine ecosystem health and links to human infectious and chronic disease Comparative or translational approaches linking aquaculture species to human health Sustainable aquaculture, nutrition, and microbiome–host interactions Marine natural products or bioactive compounds with biomedical potential Quantitative Systems Ecology

Requirements

We seek a researcher who will focus on the quantitative study of population, community, and landscape/seascape ecology. The ideal candidate would be a field-based population/community ecologist working in coastal systems, who applies modern approaches in causal inference, experimental ecology, spatial modelling, and data science, including the use of machine learning to produce rigorous quantitative analyses. We particularly encourage candidates who would develop research and education programs in the following areas:

Local ecosystems such as coastal bays (i.e., Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay), coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, and wetlands. Fisheries, protected species, and coastal ecosystem management, potentially in collaboration with scientists at the NOAA NMFS and AOML laboratories, and the NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) housed at the Rosenstiel school. Quantitative analysis of marine population and ecosystem dynamics in relation to anthropogenic impacts including coastal development, climate, and pollution. Seascape dynamics, including animal movement and trophic interactions, and influences of human and natural drivers on habitat composition and configuration

Contact Information

The position will remain open until filled, but to receive full consideration, applications should be received by April 15.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and separate statements of research and teaching interests, which also describe a vision towards facilitating a culture of belonging at the Rosenstiel School as well as the names and contact information of at least three references.  Applicants can be submitted at the following link:

https://careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R100095511/Assistant-Professor-in-Marine-Biology-and-Ecology-Marine-Biomedical-Science-or-Quantitative-Systems-Ecology

We anticipate conducting Zoom interviews in the spring and in person interviews in the fall with an anticipated start date of spring 2027. Questions may be directed to MBEsearch@earth.miami.edu .