Postdoctoral Scholar - Earth and Climate Sciences
About The Position
The Department of Earth and Climate Sciences at Tufts University is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to join a research group focused on glacier and landscape response to past climate change. The position is supervised by Dr. Allie Balter-Kennedy and offers opportunities to work on topics such as glacier reconstructions, integrating paleoglacier model outputs and observational data, and geochemical methods development. The department is an undergraduate-only department within a vibrant R1 research community, providing access to a new cosmogenic-nuclide laboratory and the Tufts HPC cluster. The location in the Greater Boston metropolitan area offers access to collaborators at other academic institutions.
Requirements
- PhD by the start of employment.
- Track record of independent research.
Nice To Haves
- Expertise in cosmogenic-nuclide geochemistry, glacial geomorphology, and/or glacier modeling.
- Prior experience working in a laboratory setting.
- Prior experience with scientific programming in MATLAB or Python.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of an inclusive and collaborative research group.
- Mentor undergraduate researchers.
- Contribute to the development of new projects.
Benefits
- Access to a new cosmogenic-nuclide laboratory.
- Access to the Tufts HPC cluster.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
