Assessing Trends and Variability in Terrestrial Ecosystem Photosynthesis

About the role

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Responsibilities

The NPP fellow will have an opportunity to work with Dr. Parazoo and other scientists at JPL in the Earth Science Division and the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems group (Drs. Charles Miller, Dave Schimel, Darren Drewry, Troy Magney), as well as Caltech (Christian Frankenberg, Philipp Kohler), to exploit an expanding set of multi-scale satellite (SCIAMACHY, GOSAT, GOME-2, OCO-2, TROPOMI), airborne (CARVE, ABoVE), and field (FluoNet, Ameriflux, PCN) vegetation, carbon and water cycle observations with state-of-the-art land and atmosphere models to investigate the response and feedback of seasonal phenology, gross and net CO2 exchange, and atmospheric CO2 to climate variability.

Requirements

• PhD in Ecology, Plant physiology, Biogeochemistry, Earth system science, or related field
• Graduate level training in ecology and plant physiology
• Graduate level training in statistics
• Experience using tower, airborne, and spaceborne remote sensing datasets
• Experience conducting ecological field work in remote locations
• Experience with numerical modeling of land and atmospheric processes

Qualifications

• Preferred qualifications: U.S. Citizenship, U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR), Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status, Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status

Skills

• Ability to conduct independent research
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Benefits

• One- to three-year fellowship
• Opportunity to work with leading scientists
• Competitive salary and benefits package

Pay

Salary range: $75,000 - $100,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week

Contact Information

For more information, please contact Dr. Nicholas Parazoo at 818-354-2973 or Nicholas.c.parazoo@jpl.nasa.gov.

Point of Contact

Mikeala