<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Dear colleagues,<br></font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000">We are inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Associate Position at NYU <a href="https://cims.nyu.edu/dynamic/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit">Courant</a> and <a href="https://cds.nyu.edu/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit">CDS</a>, to work on the physics of air-sea interaction, under the supervision of <a href="https://laurezanna.github.io/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit">Prof Laure Zanna</a>. The position is part of the recent National Science Foundation Learning the Earth with Artificial intelligence and Physics (LEAP) Science and Technology Center (STC), <a href="https://leap.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit">https://leap.columbia.edu/</a>, a large multi-institutional center with a goal to improve climate projections using novel artificial intelligence for better climate adaptation.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000">The postdoctoral associate will help develop a physics-informed, interpretable parameterization using a range of direct measurements (in situ and satellite-based), model output, and a combination of machine learning tools - in particular causal inference and equation discovery. The postdoctoral research will collaborate with a range of scientists at NYU, Columbia and NCAR. </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000">Further information about equation-discovery for physics is discussed in a recent <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/machine-scientists-distill-the-laws-of-physics-from-raw-data-20220510/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit">Quanta article</a>, and details about LEAP’s goals are on <a href="https://leap.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit">our website</a>.   </font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;line-height:inherit"><font color="#000000">The position, available immediately, is a full-time appointment, initially for one year, with the possibility of renewal for up to three years, subject to satisfactory performance and available funding.<br></font></p><div><font color="#000000">Applications should be uploaded at: <a href="http://apply.interfolio.com/117147" target="_blank">http://apply.interfolio.com/117147</a> </font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><div><font color="#000000">I would be grateful if you could share this email with any qualified candidates. </font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Best regards,</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Johanna Goldman on behalf of Laure Zanna</font></div></div></div></div>