Employment Opportunities

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) seeks to hire multiple Assistant Professors as part of a multi-year faculty expansion. We are interested in hiring interdisciplinary scientists whose research addresses fundamental and applied questions in the coastal, near-shore marine, and oceanographic sciences. Three (3) open positions based at the DeFelice Marine Center in Cocodrie, Louisiana.

The Maintenance Assistant must be familiar with a wide range of crafts including, but not limited to, landscaping, plumbing, painting, and carpentry. The Maintenance Assistant uses hand and power tools necessary for mechanical, plumbing, carpentry and painting and other repairs.

LUMCON is seeking candidates to fill various positions in the education and outreach program. The role of LUMCON Marine Educators is to support, facilitate, and ensure high quality experiences for all visitors of the LUMCON Marine Education & Outreach Program. This includes leading field, lab, and classroom activities for a wide variety of audiences that visit the Marine Center (Cocodrie) and the Maritime Campus facility (Houma).

LUMCON is accepting applications for an Ordinary Seaman. The Ordinary Seaman is under general supervision of the ship’s captain, performs various functions pertaining to operation and maintenance of the vessel: waterfront maintenance, field work and related lab research projects.

The Wetland Ecophysiology Lab is seeking a part-time research technician (0.75 FTE) to join our interdisciplinary research team in support of a coastal swamp forest physiological ecology and eco-hydrology project. Research is collaborative with Louisiana State University’s School of Renewable Natural Resources.

The Ocean Biofluids Lab led by Dr. Kevin Du Clos at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate for an NSF-funded research project exploring the roles of understudied gelatinous organisms in marine food webs. The primary research focus of the lab is understanding interactions between marine organisms and their physical fluid environments, using imaging and numerical modeling techniques.

The Ocean Biofluids Lab at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) seeks to hire a Research Technician to start as soon as possible. The research focus of the lab is understanding interactions between marine organisms and their physical fluid environments, using imaging and numerical modeling techniques.

The Roberts Lab of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry is seeking multiple research technicians to join our interdisciplinary research team in support of projects supported by multiple grants from NSF, BOEM, NASEM GRP, and GCOOS.

The Roberts Lab of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry is seeking multiple research technicians to join our interdisciplinary research team in support of projects supported by multiple grants from NSF, BOEM, NASEM GRP, and GCOOS. These research positions are available immediately with applications being accepted until the positions are filled.