20 physics positions at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Multi-Scale Physical Processes and Their Consequences in the Solar Wind and Planetary Magnetospheres and Their Moons

/2024 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone Description Description: Space plasmas are highly collisionless and involve several temporal and spatial length scales, which makes understanding the physical mechanisms

Chemical and physical processes that impact habitability and life-detection investigations

local environmental conditions and instrument/mission parameters influence these measurements.  The goal of this NPP work will be to investigate relevant chemical and physical interactions that can affect

Observing Supermassive Black Holes at X-rays and Other Wavelengths

. These observations probe a variety of spatial scales and physical conditions. Datasets of particular interest include: 1) High angular resolution studies of nearby active galactic nuclei, and of the powerful winds and

Development of cloud models using artificial intelligence

of their complexity and gaps in our understanding of cloud physics, but also because of the scale at which many of the processes affecting clouds occur. This project seeks to develop artificial intelligence (AI) models

Global Planetary Magnetosphere Simulations

or otherwise). Such simulations will address questions of magnetospheric physics, including their large- and small-scale structure, dynamical behavior as a function of both internal and solar wind forcing

Development of infrared detectors and focal plane arrays for space instruments

or I-589 forms in pending status Qualifications - Ph. D in Physics, Applied physic, Electrical Engineering or related area with detailed knowledge of semiconductors - On hand experience with

Forested Aboveground Biomass from Mechanistic and Statistical Analyses of Structural Remote-Sensing Data

qualifications include a PhD in applied math, physics, electrical engineering or computer science. Experimental experience preferred, with hands-on data acquisition and analysis. Applicant must be interested in a

Using in situ and remote sensing data to study plant traits

: 1. Developing innovative new methods --- including both data-driven and physics-based approaches --- for estimating traits from different kinds of remote sensing data (especially, novel ways

Groundbreaking Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity Research

within severe weather, lightning‘s impact on atmospheric composition, variability of the global electric circuit, the production of transient luminous events (TLEs) in the upper atmosphere, physical

Computational, Analytical and Experimental Thermodynamics to Investigate the Presence, Stability, and Implications of Organic Matter in Ocean Worlds

to accurately constrain the physical and chemical properties of organic matter, minerals and geologic fluids plausibly present in ocean world oceans. The Postdoc would be directly advised by JPL scientists and is