Postdoctoral Research Associate (Grant-Funded)
About The Position
The Postdoctoral Research Associate will participate in quantifying the probability of compound extreme events using joint and conditional probability approaches. This position will also evaluate both historical data and future climate scenarios to analyze changing risk of extreme events and compound extremes across the USA and a selected partner country. This will make use of four novel methods to assess and illustrate risk. Observational datasets obtained from NASA products ( GISS Surface Temperature Analysis, Precipitation data from the GPM and TRMM , CHIRPS , CHIRTS , DayMet) will be used for analysis. This is a grant-funded position with a current anticipated end date of September 15, 2024.
Requirements
- PhD required, preferably in meteorology, atmospheric or climate sciences.
- Experience studying climate variability and change.
- Excellent data analysis, statistical analysis, and data visualization skills required.
- Must possess excellent programming skills in several languages (R being preferred).
- Must possess a high level of productivity for peer-reviewed publications is expected.
Nice To Haves
- N/A
Responsibilities
- Evaluates both historical data and future climate scenarios to analyze changing risk of extreme events and compound extremes across the USA and a selected partner country.
- Develops and applies innovative statistical approaches for assessing changes in precipitation extremes and their underlying physical causes.
- Presents research findings at professional conferences.
- Performs the research required by the faculty supervisor to a high standard and in accordance with all institutional and federal regulations.
- Works in a collegial and cooperative manner with the faculty supervisor and other co-workers.
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What This Job Offers
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
