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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">The Department of Coastal Studies in East Carolina University (</span><span class="caps ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ECU</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">)
is hiring a post-doctoral scholar with expertise in coastal hydrodynamic modeling and statistics as part of a<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="caps ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NASA</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">-funded
project investigating feedbacks between coastal ecosystems, cyclone activity, and coastal protection benefits in the Caribbean. The postdoc will develop a modeling framework to integrate remotely sensed datasets with coastal hydrodynamic models for dynamic
assessments of the flood protection benefits of coastal ecosystems. The postdoc will be mentored by
<b>Dr. Siddharth Narayan and Dr. David Lagomasino</b> at<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="caps ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ECU</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>and
work closely with colleagues at the<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="caps ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NASA</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>Goddard
Space Flight Center.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">The main responsibilities of the postdoc will be to develop a coastal modeling
framework that will integrate new remotely sensed data on meteorological, bathymetry and coastal ecosystems within 2-D and 1-D coastal numerical models, to assess how changes to offshore and ecosystem conditions will influence the flood protection benefits
of these ecosystems in coastal floodplains.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">Duties include: setting up and validating numerical coastal models to assess
flooding, integrating remote sensing datasets into the coastal models, mapping flood extents, developing a statistical model to assess influence of meteorological, ocean and ecosystem variables on flood extents, working collaboratively as part of a larger
interdisciplinary team, developing independent and collaborative presentations and publications. Scholars are expected to demonstrate compliance with established guidelines and regulatory standards for research including biosafety, responsible conduct of research
and human subjects training.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">The postdoc will work under the mentorship of Drs. Siddharth Narayan and
David Lagomasino at East Carolina University and will work closely with collaborators at the<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="caps ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NASA</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>Goddard
Space Flight Center. The location of the position is flexible, and the successful candidate can be based either at ECU’s Coastal campus in the Coastal Studies Institute, on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, or at ECU’s Greenville Campus. The position will require
travel between the two<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="caps ContentPasted0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ECU</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>campuses
and twice yearly to Washington D.C.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;" class="ContentPasted0">Approximately 100% of the postdoctoral scholar’s time will be devoted to
the project activities described above and related scientific research.</span><br>
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<div>East Carolina University</div>
<div>Integrated Coastal Programs</div>
<div>850 NC 345 Wanchese, NC 27891</div>
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