<div dir="ltr"><div><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-weight:400;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.4;font-family:Lato;color:rgb(81,83,87);margin:0px 0px 17.5px;padding:0px"><font size="2"><a href="https://jobs.lever.co/convergentresearch/07147ace-4d67-47de-9a0a-c7add68bbb68">https://jobs.lever.co/convergentresearch/07147ace-4d67-47de-9a0a-c7add68bbb68</a></font></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font:400 36px/1.4 Lato;color:rgb(81,83,87);margin:0px 0px 17.5px;padding:0px">Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Ocean CDR Atlas</h2></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-section gmail-page-centered" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:760px;padding:20px 0px;color:rgb(81,83,87);font-family:Lato;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246)"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font:400 36px/1.4 Lato;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;letter-spacing:0px">About [C]Worthy</h2><div style="box-sizing:border-box">[C]Worthy is a non-profit research organization focused on  transforming research-grade oceanographic models into open, reproducible, and auditable decision-support tools for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Our mission is to deliver trustworthy, science-backed tools for Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV)—enabling governments, communities, and markets to make high-stakes ocean decisions grounded in transparent, scientifically credible evidence.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"> </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box">We are building three interlocking open-science capabilities: C-Star, an open-source modeling platform that systematizes regional ocean model configuration, execution, and evaluation through versioned inputs, automated workflows, and comprehensive provenance tracking; the C-Star Ocean Network (C-SON), a growing constellation of standardized regional modeling domains designed to support consistent CDR accounting across sites and regions; and the Ocean CDR Atlas, an open dataset library and web tools that map CDR performance, connectivity, and risk drivers across ocean regions—providing the basis for low-cost MRV evaluation and standard-setting worldwide.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"> </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box">These capabilities are not CDR tools alone—they are the foundation for scalable ocean science. Robust shared infrastructure makes knowledge transferable and auditable: once validated domains, standardized workflows, and reusable tooling are in place, the marginal cost of each additional application falls and the benefits of research innovation can flow across a network of projects and regions. We aspire to democratize access to sophisticated ocean information tools, empowering diverse scientific communities to participate in ocean governance and marine resource management on their own terms.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"> </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box">[C]Worthy is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">For full consideration, <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">please apply by June 24, 2026.</strong> Applications received after this date may be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.</div></div><div class="gmail-section gmail-page-centered" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:760px;padding:20px 0px;color:rgb(81,83,87);font-family:Lato;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246)"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:1.4;font-family:Lato;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px">Role Overview</h3><div class="gmail-posting-requirements gmail-plain-list" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box">We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to work with our team on the development of a high-resolution Ocean CDR Atlas dataset for the West Coast of North America. This dataset will provide a library of uptake efficiency kernels enabling MRV quantification for OAE deployments across the eastern Pacific without requiring new model runs for each scenario—dramatically lowering the modeling burden for individual project MRV and providing a broadly accessible reference for market standards, accounting frameworks, permitting and regulatory decision making, public communication, and research applications.</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"> </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box">The Atlas simulations will be performed with the ROMS-MARBL regional ocean model within C-Star. The postdoc will configure and validate a mesoscale-resolving domain spanning the Eastern Pacific, co-design a nested submesoscale-resolving subdomain with external collaborators, run targeted sensitivity experiments, and aid in the release the Atlas as a public, fully documented dataset with reproducible C-Star workflows.</div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-section gmail-page-centered" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:760px;padding:20px 0px;color:rgb(81,83,87);font-family:Lato;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246)"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:1.4;font-family:Lato;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px">Key Responsibilities</h3><div class="gmail-posting-requirements gmail-plain-list" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Regional Modeling and Atlas Generation</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Configure a mesoscale-resolving ROMS-MARBL domain for the West Coast of North America within C-Star; establish baseline model performance and validation benchmarks.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Validate the CDR Tracer (two-tracer) framework within the regional configuration; confirm fidelity against full MARBL reference simulations.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Design and execute targeted sensitivity experiments addressing geographic release season and location, surface vs. bottom-intensified release configurations, and submesoscale resolution sensitivity.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Co-design and configure a nested submesoscale-resolving subdomain (in collaboration with external partners) to examine mixed-layer exchange dynamics at 1–10 km scales.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Develop derived data products using linear superposition of OAE and DOR signals to support multi-intervention simulations (ERW, riverine alkalinity enhancement, partially equilibrated OAE).</p></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Reproducible Workflows and Data Release</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Manage production runs under the resulting HPC allocation.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Build reproducible, documented dataset-generation workflows within C-Star that are extensible to other regions and serve as templates for future Atlas projects.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Work with the larger team to:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style-position:revert;list-style-type:disc"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">design and implement a data formatting, transformation, and management strategy;  </p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style-position:revert;list-style-type:disc"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">design and implement a public data hosting strategy, including example analysis tools;</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style-position:revert;list-style-type:disc"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">and release the Atlas as a public, documented dataset with an uptake efficiency kernel library enabling convolution-based MRV for arbitrary deployment configurations.</p></li></ul></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Community Engagement and Scientific Communication</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Work with the larger team to actively engage the data user community — including CDR deployment operators, MRV practitioners, and academic collaborators — through direct outreach, workshops, and/or collaborative design.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Submit a peer-reviewed manuscript documenting methodology, validation, and key scientific results.</p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">Contribute to [C]Worthy's broader scientific program, including participation in field-building activities, user roundtables, and community engagement.</p></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-section gmail-page-centered" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:760px;padding:20px 0px;color:rgb(81,83,87);font-family:Lato;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246)"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:1.4;font-family:Lato;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px">Required Qualifications</h3><div class="gmail-posting-requirements gmail-plain-list" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Ph.D. in oceanography, atmospheric science, geophysical fluid dynamics, or a closely related field.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Demonstrated experience configuring, running, and evaluating regional ocean models (ROMS, MOM6, NEMO, FVCOM, or equivalent).</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Strong background in ocean biogeochemistry, including carbonate chemistry and air-sea gas exchange.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Scientific software development proficiency in Python; ability to work with large geospatial datasets.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Experience with HPC computing environments (e.g., NERSC, NCAR/Wyoming, NSF ACCESS).</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Ability to independently design and execute model experiments and interpret results in the context of real-world applications.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to collaborate in a small, fast-moving research team.</li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-section gmail-page-centered" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:760px;padding:20px 0px;color:rgb(81,83,87);font-family:Lato;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246)"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:18px;line-height:1.4;font-family:Lato;margin:17.5px 0px;padding:0px">Preferred Qualifications</h3><div class="gmail-posting-requirements gmail-plain-list" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Familiarity with ROMS or MARBL source code; experience with coupled physical-biogeochemical model configuration.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Prior work on CDR quantification, MRV methodology, or ocean carbon cycle research.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Experience developing reproducible scientific workflows (e.g., Prefect, Snakemake, or similar orchestration tools).</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Familiarity with data formats designed for large, cloud-native, multi-dimensional spatial data (e.g. ZARR, HDF, netCDF, COG), visualization tools, and public dataset publication practices.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Experience engaging with non-academic stakeholders (industry, policy, NGOs) or contributing to applied science products.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:8px 0px 8px 17px;padding:0px;list-style:revert">Interest in and familiarity with AI/ML approaches as applied to scientific modeling or data analysis.</li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-section gmail-page-centered" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:760px;padding:20px 0px;color:rgb(81,83,87);font-family:Lato;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246)"><div style="box-sizing:border-box">$83,000 - $95,000 a year</div></div><div class="gmail-section gmail-page-centered" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:760px;padding:20px 0px;color:rgb(81,83,87);font-family:Lato;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,246,246)"><div style="box-sizing:border-box">This position is full-time, fixed-term (2 years, with possibility of renewal). We expect this role to start in the Fall (September, 2026).</div></div></div><div><br></div></div>