<div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/postdoctoral-fellow-529421-tuscaloosa-alabama-united-states">https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/postdoctoral-fellow-529421-tuscaloosa-alabama-united-states</a></div><div><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Pay Grade/Pay Range:  </span>Minimum: $53,500 - Midpoint: $66,900 (Salaried E8)</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><hr width="100%" style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Department/Organization: </span>214231 - Civil Const and Env Engineering</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><hr width="100%" style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Normal Work Schedule: </span>Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><hr width="100%" style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Job Summary: </span>The Postdoctoral Fellow provides for an internship and continuation of scholarly activity and research after achieving the PhD or other doctoral degree under the direction of a senior faculty member who serves as a mentor for the postdoctoral appointee.</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><hr width="100%" style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Additional Department Summary: </span>The Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department at The University of Alabama is seeking a candidate for a Postdoctoral fellow position. This position is available to individuals with research interests in atmospheric turbulence and environmental fluid mechanics with expertise in turbulence theory and simulations, data-driven modeling, and advanced measurement techniques.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Successful candidates will hold a terminal degree in Civil Engineering or a related field such as atmospheric sciences or boundary layer meteorology and demonstrate a record of academic achievement in research that includes peer-reviewed manuscripts in fundamental fluid mechanics journals and atmospheric sciences journals. Initial appointments are for one year, with renewal contingent upon demonstration of research productivity and funding.</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><hr width="100%" style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Required Department Minimum Qualifications:</span> Ph.D. or other terminal degree in Civil Engineering or a related field such as atmospheric sciences or meteorology.</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><hr width="100%" style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Skills and Knowledge: </span>Extensive experience and working knowledge with both experimental and computational approaches including large eddy simulations (LES), direct numerical simulations (DNS), and numerical weather prediction (NWP) models are required. Familiarity in handling and analyzing data from a wide array of meteorological instruments such as Doppler lidar, sodar, eddy covariance systems, microwave radiometers, radiosondes, and aerosol sensors is needed. Background in data-driven and complex systems approaches to model turbulent flows, including event-based modeling and network science-based techniques are also necessary.</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><hr width="100%" style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Preferred Qualifications: </span>Strong capabilities and working knowledge in time-series analysis, high performance computing, statistical mechanics, complex systems science along with modern data-driven techniques.</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><hr width="100%" style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Background Investigation Statement:</span> Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.</p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><hr width="100%" style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1) currentcolor currentcolor"></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.7em;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Equal Employment Opportunity</span>: The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to any legally protected basis and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. More information is available in the EEOC’s <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eeoc.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2023-06%2F22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Cbemoses%40ua.edu%7C63ee0eea9c1f47dde7aa08dd844ca664%7C2a00728ef0d040b4a4e8ce433f3fbca7%7C0%7C0%7C638812186928171752%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LshEqMy%2FBktAtaXEuwGS%2Bwp4rtHL6HgQLkx1QeU0v0I%3D&reserved=0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(153,0,0);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600">Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal</a> poster.</p>The University of Alabama affirms its longstanding commitment to institutional neutrality, free speech, and academic freedom.</div></div></div></div></div></div>