<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 15px;">Dear colleagues,<br><br>Please share the below postdoc opportunity with anyone who may be interested!</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 15px;">Best,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 15px;">Henri F. Drake (he/him)<br>Assistant Professor<br><a href="https://www.ess.uci.edu/">Department of Earth System Science</a><br>University of California, Irvine<br><a href="https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/drakelab/">https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/drakelab/</a></div><div><br></div><div>————————————————————————</div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(24, 125, 182); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">APPLICATION LINK</h3><div><a href="https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10422" style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(3, 110, 163); text-underline-offset: 0.1em;">https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10422</a></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(24, 125, 182); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">POSITION OVERVIEW</h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(21, 40, 45); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Salary range:</strong> $69,073 - $82,836</div><dt style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(21, 40, 45); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(24, 125, 182);">APPLICATION WINDOW</h3></dt><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(21, 40, 45); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Open date: </strong>September 1, 2026</p></dd><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(21, 40, 45); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Next review date:</strong> <span class="review_window" id="review_window_19209" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sunday, Nov 1, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.</p></dd><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(21, 40, 45); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Final date: </strong>Sunday, Jan 31, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.</p></dd><h3 id="description" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(24, 125, 182); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">POSITION DESCRIPTION</h3><div class="section" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(21, 40, 45); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Professor Henri Drake in the Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine is seeking a postdoctoral scholar for an NSF-funded project that aims to use computational models to investigate the role of ice sheets in the global Earth System, with a focus on advancing understanding of two-way feedbacks between the cryosphere (grounded ice sheets, floating ice shelves, ice bergs, and sea ice) and the ocean – and their role in global climate dynamics. The start date is very flexible, anytime from Jan 1, 2027 to Sep 1, 2027.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The selected candidate will conduct cutting-edge research, including:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Developing, running, and analyzing fully-coupled experiments using novel configurations of the Community Earth System Model (CESM3) with dynamic representations of the Greenlandic and Antarctic ice sheets, utilizing two-way synchronous coupling to the Community Ice Sheet Model (CISM3).</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Evaluating and calibrate newly implemented parameterizations for basal melt and calving</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Developing and applying new process-based diagnostics to evaluate the fidelity of the simulations, grounded in available remote sensing and in-situ observations.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Running mechanism denial experiments to isolate the role of coupled feedbacks.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The selected candidate will contribute to our research program and advance their own careers by:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Contributing to a supportive, collaborative, and vibrant group culture</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Collaborating closely with CESM3 and CISM3 developers at NSF NCAR</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Mentoring both graduate students and undergraduate students on related projects.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Disseminating their results through conference presentations and journal publications.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Position perks:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">This is a two-year position that is renewable, pending good progress and available funding. The salary will range from $69,073 tot $82,836 USD per year, scaling with experience as detailed in the <a href="https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2026-27/represented-oct-2026-scales/t23.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(3, 110, 163); text-underline-offset: 0.1em;">Postdoc Salary Scale</a>, and includes generous benefits, see <a href="https://www.pda.grad.uci.edu/resources/postdoctoral-scholar-benefit-plan/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(3, 110, 163); text-underline-offset: 0.1em;">Postdoctoral Scholar Benefit Plan (PSBP)</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Perks of the ESS department and UCI Campus:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The Ocean and Climate Dynamics group led by Dr. Henri Drake uses theory and numerical simulation to study the multi-scale ocean processes that play an outsized role in global Earth System dynamics, with a recent emphasis on the ocean’s overturning circulation, sea ice, and ice sheets. The group benefits from close collaborations with model developers at NSF NCAR (e.g., Bill Lipscomb in this project), DOE’s LANL, and NOAA GFDL, and with field-going observationalists such as Eric Rignot right here at UCI and Andy Thompson at nearby Caltech.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The Earth System Science Department at UC Irvine is highly interdisciplinary. It includes 25-30 faculty with broad expertise, all devoted to the study of the Earth as a coupled system. UC Irvine is located in Orange County, about halfway between the diverse metropolitan areas of Los Angeles and San Diego. It is a sunny and pleasant place to live, surrounded by beaches, parks, mountains.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">If you have any questions please email Professor Henri Drake (<a href="mailto:hfdrake@uci.edu" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(3, 110, 163); text-underline-offset: 0.1em;">hfdrake@uci.edu</a>) with “Postdoc Application Question” in the subject line. You can learn more about our research group from <a href="https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/drakelab/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(3, 110, 163); text-underline-offset: 0.1em;">our wesbite:</a></p></section></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(24, 125, 182); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">QUALIFICATIONS</h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(21, 40, 45); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Basic qualifications</strong> <small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.9px;">(required at time of application)</small><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">An expected or recent PhD in Physical Oceanography, Glaciology, or related field</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Experience modifying, running, and analyzing ocean, ice sheet, or Earth System models</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Expert at programming (Python, Matlab, Julia, Fortran, or C++)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Strong analytical and quantitative skills</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Detail oriented with strong organizational and communication skills</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 24px;">Extraordinary curiosity about how the Earth System works</li></ul></section></div><h3 id="requirements" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 16.8px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(24, 125, 182); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS</h3><div class="recruitment-level single-level" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(21, 40, 45); font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="documents" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Document requirements</strong><ul class="document-requirements" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Curriculum Vitae - An up-to-date curriculum vitae, including a publication list.</p></section></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section class="markdown" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Cover Letter - A cover letter that also describes your immediate and long-term research goals.</p></section></li></ul></div><section class="level-requirements-for-applicants level-requirements-for-applicants---references" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="references" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Reference requirements</strong></div><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">3 required (contact information only)</li></ul></section><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Apply link:</strong> <a href="https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10422" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(3, 110, 163); text-underline-offset: 0.1em;">https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10422</a></div></body></html>