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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We seek a postdoc to join the Astrobiochemistry and the TD Geomorphology Laboratories at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), led by Drs. Eloi Camprubí-Casas (Primary Mentor) and Tian Y. Dong
(Co-Mentor), this Fall 2024, will work on broad questions in Planetary Science with examples listed below. Please see the attached flyer for details and apply for the job here:
<a href="https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/43489">https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/43489</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What topics and questions can you work on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• How biosignatures are affected by riverine dynamics in extraterrestrial environments, with applications to exploration efforts for Titan and Mars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Are chemical or morphological biosignatures altered due to riverine dynamics?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• How does sedimentary deposition affect biosignature preservation and detectability?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Are biosignatures spatially segregated predictably across sedimentary basins, informing current and future space exploration efforts?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">• Possibility of conducting a terrestrial analogy study<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Eloi and Tian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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