Laboratory Kinetics of Relevance to the Earth's 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.
Responsibilities
This research opportunity is focused on the study of elementary reactions and photochemical processes important in Earth atmosphere. We focus on radical-radical reactions that control the oxidizing capacity of the earth's troposphere. Our work also includes the study of mechanisms for the formation of urban smog and the degradation of tropospheric air quality by pollutants and biogenic hydrocarbons. We use state-of-the-art techniques for the study of reaction mechanisms and photochemical processes including laser photolysis and discharge-flow, combined with detection by laser-induced fluorescence, cavity ringdown and frequency modulation spectroscopy and chemical ionization mass spectroscopy.
Requirements
- Doctoral Degree
- Must be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR), Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status, or 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
- Mandatory drug testing, random drug testing, and testing prior to initiation of fellowship appointment may be required
Qualifications
- Research proposal
- Three letters of recommendation
- Official doctoral transcript documents
Skills
Not specified
Benefits
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Pay
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Schedule
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Contact Information
Point of Contact: Mikeala
Email: npp@orau.org
Advisor: Carl Percival
Email: carl.j.percival@jpl.nasa.gov
Phone: 818-354-5581