Postdoctoral Associate 510845 Texas Texas 191001 - Northern Gulf Institute Professional Regular Full-Time 12-month Opening on: Jun 19 2026 Position Function: Onsite leadership to oversee, develop, and/or complete improvements to the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center’s Invertebrate Aquaculture Laboratory in Galveston, TX and to assist with the development and completion of a document assessing the nationwide
inventory of NOAA science centers with respect to their capacity warm-water finfish aquaculture. Salary Grade: UC Please see Staff Compensation Structure or Skilled Crafts and Service Maintenance Compensation Schedule for salary ranges. For salary grade UC, these positions are "Unclassified" and salary ranges are determined by the hiring department. Department Profile: The Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) is a National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institute comprised of six academic institutions that are geographically distributed across the U.S. Gulf Coast states. The six NGI member institutions are Mississippi State University (lead), the University of Southern Mississippi, Florida State University, Louisiana State University, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and the Dauphin Island Sea
Laboratory. Together with NOAA and in support of their strategic plan, NGI conducts research on interconnections among Gulf of Mexico environments, habitats, resources, and people and engages in outreach to help others learn about and make decisions based on these interconnections. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Transition the existing culture facilities located at the NOAA Galveston Facility from a turtle
rearing facility to an invertebrate rearing facility. This may include system redesign or modifications. • Conduct or oversee repairs/redesign of culture tanks.• Develop SOPs documenting how the upgraded system function and estimate values required for rearing invertebrates. • Start rearing of test animals to ensure systems are functioning properly. Initial focus is expected to be on Easter oysters and Queen Conch.•
Lead the completion of a nationwide analysis of NOAA laboratory facilities documenting the capacity to engage in aquaculture of warm-water marine fishes. This would include documenting current facilities, required upgrades, staffing capacity and needs, permitting, identification of potential research partners, and understand the viewpoints of leadership at each facility and their opinions on engaging to expanding
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