Post-Doc Research Associate

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

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About The Position

This position will join a collaborative team of oceanographers/glaciologists at Oregon State and Tufts working to improve understanding of heat, salt, and momentum fluxes and physical processes at ice-ocean interfaces, with relevance to submarine glacier melting and other ice-ocean interactions. The position will emphasize both numerical approaches (e.g., Large Eddy Simulation, Direct Numerical Simulation, multi-scale process modeling) and laboratory wave tank experiments to explore turbulent seawater dynamics adjacent to ice. Opportunities may also exist to participate in planned field campaigns in Greenland. The postdoctoral scholar will be expected to improve on existing GPU -accelerated ocean models and develop laboratory experiments (in the Joint Fluids Lab at UNC ), analyze results, publish in peer-reviewed journals, present at scientific conferences, and contribute to collaborative proposals.

Requirements

• Strong background in geophysical fluid dynamics, turbulence, or geophysical fluid mechanics
• Experience with numerical modeling (e.g., LES , DNS , or CFD ) and/or laboratory experiments in stratified or rotating fluids
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Demonstrated skills in scientific communication through publications and presentations

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with ice-ocean interaction physics or polar oceanography
• Experience with high-performance computing, GPU -accelerated models (e.g., Oceananigans.jl), or advanced flow measurement techniques (e.g., PIV , LIF )
• Interest in mentoring graduate/undergraduate students and proposal writing

Responsibilities

• Improve on existing GPU-accelerated ocean models
• Develop laboratory experiments (in the Joint Fluids Lab at UNC)
• Analyze results
• Publish in peer-reviewed journals
• Present at scientific conferences
• Contribute to collaborative proposals

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees