<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Geospace Physics Laboratory (Code 673) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will be filling 2-3 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in support of the Laboratory’s research and flight projects. These positions will focus on the development and data analysis of ion and electron spectrometers, high frequency (HF) wave receivers for sounding rockets, and miniaturized Cubesat magnetometers.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The successful candidate will have the opportunity to select from a variety of topics in the 673 portfolio, including: orbital drag, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, auroral ionosphere studies combining in-situ particle and fields data with ground based imaging of the aurora, sounding rocket and Cubesat flight projects, magnetospheric research with data from the Fast Plasma Investigation (FPI) on the Magnetospheric MultiScale mission (MMS), solar wind and magnetosphere interactions, and integration and testing of our instruments currently being built for the Lunar Gateway.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on primarily supporting either our research analysis efforts or our instrumentation efforts, but we encourage the development of our Postdoctoral Researchers in both areas depending on their individual interests. There will be frequent opportunities for laboratory work (calibration of particles and fields instruments) and field work (such as integration and launch in locations other than Goddard) in support of our sounding rocket, Cubesat and orbital projects.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The initial appointment is for 12 months, renewable to 2 years, subject to meeting performance standards, and will be through one of the six member institutions of the Partnership for Heliospheric and Space Environment Research (PHaSER, <a href="https://physics.catholic.edu/faculty-and-research/phaser/" target="_blank">https://physics.catholic.edu/faculty-and-research/phaser/</a>).  These include The Catholic University of America, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland College Park, George Mason University, Howard University, and Universities Space Research Association.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A PhD in Space Physics or a related field is required. Strong data analysis skills, good communication and organization skills, and laboratory and field experience are strongly desired. Successful candidates will be working closely with Drs Marilia Samara, Barbara Giles, Eftyhia Zesta, Robert Michell and Dan Gershman, and will have the opportunity to be involved in the missions outlined above.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please contact Dr Eftyhia Zesta (</span><a href="mailto:eftyhia.zesta@nasa.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">eftyhia.zesta@nasa.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) or Dr Marilia Samara (</span><a href="mailto:Marilia.samara@nasa.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Marilia.samara@nasa.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) to discuss these opportunities and address any inquiries.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-s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