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<div class="">We are looking for four new postdocs to work with our multidisciplinary team on a project “Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge”. We are open to candidates with a variety of backgrounds in climate, computation, and modeling, including
atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, engineering, statistics, or computer science, and also those who are interested in and have a background in bridging modeling with stakeholder needs. Please get in touch via
<a href="mailto:bc3jobs@mit.edu" class="">bc3jobs@mit.edu</a> with any specific questions or apply through <a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22484" class="">https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22484</a> </div>
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The MIT Climate Grand Challenges competition identified five Flagship Projects that seek to tackle big problems in the global response to climate change. We are looking for five postdocs to join the “Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge” (BC3) flagship
project. The goal of this grand challenge is to develop software to provide accurate and actionable scientific information to decision-makers to inform the most effective mitigation and adaptation strategies. We envision a novel platform that leapfrogs existing
climate decision support tools by leveraging new computing languages, advances in computational and data sciences to improve the efficiency and accuracy of climate models, quantify their uncertainty, and addresses the trade-off between performance and computation
time with attention to industry and government stakeholder needs. You can find more information about our project in our website (<a href="https://climategrandchallenges.mit.edu/flagship-" class="">https://climategrandchallenges.mit.edu/flagship-</a>projects/bringing-computation-to-the-climate-challenge/)
and in this article (https://news.mit.edu/2022/computing-our-climate-future-0413.)
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As a postdoctoral scholar, you will collaborate with a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and applied mathematicians, spanning many MIT departments--AeroAstro (Lead Prof. Youssef Marzouk), Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (Lead
Prof. Raffaele Ferrari), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Lead Prof. Daniela Rus), Institute for Data Systems and Society (Lead Prof. Noelle Selin), Materials Science and Engineering (Lead Prof. Elsa Olivetti), Mathematics (Lead Prof. Alan Edelman),
Mechanical Engineering (Lead Prof. Themis Sapsis)—and the Schwartzman College of Computing. Postdocs will work with a designated mentor and co-mentor and can contribute to various aspects of the project, including but not limited to building and prototyping
the sea ice and carbon cycle components of the climate model that will be used to make climate projections; developing and testing the new software platform; developing robust and flexible procedures to derive simple surrogate models trained with the full
ESM to predict a subset of climate-relevant variables of interest for specific applications; and/or working with stakeholders to enhance the utility of model applications. <br class="">
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REQUIRED: a PhD, in atmospheric or oceanic sciences, climate sciences, atmospheric chemistry, applied mathematics, engineering, statistics, or related interdisciplinary fields. Experience in computational modeling, working with high-performance parallel computing,
demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills, and working in interdisciplinary teams is highly desired. <br class="">
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For additional information about the positions, please contact Professors Raffaele Ferrari and Noelle Selin at bc3jobs@mit.edu. We strongly encourage women and under-represented minorities to apply. Applications with a curriculum vitae, a one-page statement
of research interests, and the email contacts for three references (not letters at this stage) should be submitted to https://academicjobsonline.org/ MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, or disability. Review of applications will begin September 10 and will continue until the positions are filled.</div>
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Noelle Eckley Selin<br class="">
Professor<br class="">
Director, Technology and Policy Program<br class="">
Institute for Data, Systems and Society and Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences<br class="">
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br class="">
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br class="">
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA<br class="">
+1-617-324-2592<br class="">
selin@mit.edu<br class="">
http://mit.edu/selingroup<br class="">
Twitter: @noelleselin<br class="">
Book: <a href="http://mercurystories.org" class="">Mercury Stories: Understanding Sustainability through a Volatile Element</a> (October 2020, MIT Press)</div>
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