Earth Science: Impacts

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

• Contribute to the development and implementation of research projects focusing on the application of Earth information to enhance decision support across various impact sectors and applications, particularly related to agriculture/food security, urban impacts, and ecosystem/wildlife services.
• Assess current vulnerabilities to extreme weather events and emerging challenges from climate change using weather and climate model outputs.
• Collaborate with impact sector models such as the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) to generate useful information for decision-makers.
• Utilize high-performance computational resources, machine learning, and statistical methods to elevate impacts research.
• Work on projects related to the nexus of water and agriculture, and risk management for suburban landscapes.

Requirements

• A Doctoral Degree.

Qualifications

• Experience with Earth information, including in situ and remotely-sensed observations, and climate and weather model outputs.
• Knowledge of methods to generate useful information for decision-makers and impact sector models.
• Experience with high-performance computational resources, machine learning, and statistical methods.
• Interest in assessing current vulnerabilities to extreme weather events and emerging challenges from climate change.
• Ability to work collaboratively with impact sector models and contribute to the development of new research projects.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Proficiency in relevant software and tools.

Benefits

• One- to three-year fellowship.
• Opportunity to work at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, New York.
• Access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

Pay

• Salary is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

• Full-time position.