Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Job Summary

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, (two openings)

About the role

The postdoctoral associates will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of economists, energy / land / water / air / infrastructure modelers, climate scientists, social scientists, statisticians and software engineers to develop and apply a flexible, modular, multi-sector, cross-scale human-climate-impacts modeling framework.

Responsibilities

• Advancing methods and computational techniques for human systems models
• Advancing methods and computational techniques for sectoral impact models
• Advancing methods and computational techniques for related Earth system models
• Developing, implementing, and testing approaches for integrating model components within the broader modeling framework
• Advancing and applying individual/coupled model components to provide actionable information to advance energy and decarbonization planning

Requirements

• Ph.D. in applied mathematics, computer science, software engineering, economics, energy systems, engineering, atmospheric or oceanic sciences, physics, statistics, or a related field by the date of hire
• Expertise in at least one relevant domain area (e.g. Energy, economics, climate, water, land, agriculture, air quality, infrastructure, biodiversity, extreme events) and/or relevant methodological skill set (e.g. statistics/ML/AI, software engineering, integrated assessment modeling, operations research/uncertainty analysis)
• Strong computational/modeling background and coding skills in at least one general-purpose language (preferably Julia)
• Experience with github and open source programming
• Experience with decision-making applications and/or integrated modeling
• Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivation with and demonstrated ability to conduct independent research
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Able to deliver results, adapt to change, work on research proposals, and work in team-oriented interdisciplinary environments

Qualifications

• One peer-reviewed publication
• Three recommendation letters

Benefits

This is a one-year position with a possibility of extension. Start date after August 1st.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

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Contact

For more information about the positions, please contact Dr. Jennifer Morris at holak@mit.edu.