Earth Science: Land Water Distribution with Changing Climate: Flows between Lakes, Rivers, Soils, Vegetation, and Atmosphere

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.

Description

This opportunity is closed to applicants who are Senior Fellows (5-years or more past PhD).

• wetlands coupling of vegetation, soils, and peatlands
• dynamics of lakes and rivers
• flooding with climate change scenarios
• model evaluation with remote sensing observations from missions such as SWOT, SMAP, GRACE, or others.

Requirements

• Experience with mathematical modeling, computer programming, and analyzing field and remote sensing datasets.
• Background in Earth, Physical, and/or Computing Sciences.
• Advanced statistics.
• Programming in a compiled language like C or FORTRAN95.
• Scripting with python or R.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship;
• U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (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

• Experience with mathematical modeling, computer programming, and analyzing field and remote sensing datasets.
• Background in Earth, Physical, and/or Computing Sciences.
• Advanced statistics.
• Programming in a compiled language like C or FORTRAN95.
• Scripting with python or R.

Benefits

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Pay

N/A

Schedule

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Contact Information

Email: npp@orau.org

Application Instructions

Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements: How to Apply | NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org)

Additional Information

A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes:

• Research proposal
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official doctoral transcript documents