[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoc in understanding environmental impacts of aviation

[Sebastian Eastham]

The MIT Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment is looking to hire a postdoctoral scholar to work on understanding, quantifying, and reducing the impacts of aircraft condensation trails (contrails). A full job description is given below. We are especially interested in candidates who have expertise in understanding and/or modeling upper tropospheric ice clouds, either natural or aircraft-induced. A background in aeronautical engineering is not a requirement.

We have an opening for a POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, CONTRAILS, Aeronautics and Astronautics, to contribute to research on understanding, quantifying, and mitigating the impacts of aircraft condensation trails ("contrails").  The aim is to facilitate the long-term reduction in contrail-related environmental impacts by advancing the state of physical modeling of contrails and identifying contrails in satellite imagery.  Research activities include developing computational models of contrails physics; applying models to evaluate the effects of changes to aviation fuel or routing on contrail environmental impacts; developing new strategies to reduce contrail impacts; and collaborating with combustion engineers, aircraft systems engineers, and atmospheric scientists to improve understanding of contrails and their representation in computational models.  The postdoc will expand their focus to cover several of the topics outlined in the scope of their work; publish research results with leading journals/conferences in the fields of aerospace engineering, energy, and environment; collaborate with graduate students; support leadership for group projects; and assist lab leadership with sponsor communications.

Job Requirements
REQUIRED: background in atmospheric physics, climate science, air transportation systems, or aerospace emissions modeling; strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, organizational, and interpersonal skills; English language proficiency; excellent technical writing skills; self-motivation; and ability to contribute in a multidisciplinary team setting, prioritize and perform multiple tasks in a dynamic environment, and work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.  Preference will be given to candidates with machine learning experience in the context of image processing or those with contrail formation modeling experience.   PREFERRED: publication record in atmospheric physics, climate science, air transportation systems, aerospace emissions modeling, or related fields; and programming skills--preferably in Python or Julia--for developing modeling tools.  Job #20700


Apply online at https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_mit/external/jobDetails/jobDetail.html?jobPostId=22939&localeCode=en-us. Position will remain open until filled.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Dr. Sebastian D. Eastham
Research Scientist
Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment: https://lae.mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mailman.ucar.edu/pipermail/es_jobs_net/attachments/20220308/5720212a/attachment.html>