16 education Postdoctoral research jobs at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Rarefied Gas Dynamics for Spacecraft and Planetary Applications

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 5 days ago

. Description: We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to develop and apply Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) rarefied gas dynamics capabilities for spacecraft and planetary body applications

Advanced Materials and Processing Research

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Hampton, Virginia | United States | 5 days ago

to develop advanced materials, explain or characterize unique features of behavior of materials, and/or to predict performance, as well as time and temperature trade-offs. Research and technology development

Advancing Multimodal Earth Observation Foundation Models for Wildfire Risk and Vegetation Recovery Assessments

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 5 days ago

conditions. The overarching objective of the project is to develop an extensible, scalable framework that integrates structural, radar, spectral, and temporal information to continually update estimates

Impacts of wildfires on atmospheric composition and the Earth system

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 5 days ago

studies to quantify the effect of wildland-urban interface fires on urban air quality, or to evaluate impacts of wildfires on the carbon cycle. Applicants are encouraged to develop a research plan that

Sources and Transformations of Organic Matter Across the Coastal Arctic River-to-Sea Continuum

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | 5 days ago

investigators, including remote sensing reflectance, absorption, scattering, particle size distributions, and phytoplankton community composition. Develop remote sensing approaches to track particle sources and

Computational Micromechanics and Microstructure-Sensitive Analysis for Advanced Metallic Materials

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Hampton, Virginia | United States | 5 days ago

of the relationship between process-induced microstructural variability and mechanical performance. The broad vision of this work is to develop computational tools and frameworks that connect microstructure

Submillimeter spectroscopy of sublimated interstellar and planetary ices

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | 5 days ago

, and interpret past and present data from missions that observe ice features. In our laboratory we prepare ices by using a cryostat to condense gas-phase mixtures to temperatures as low as 10 K. The ices

Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer Analog Studies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | 5 days ago

. Description: The focus of this research opportunity is to prepare for the Dragonfly mission to Titan by developing a program to analyze analog samples using techniques that are relevant to the capabilities

Imaging Spectroscopy for Tropical Ecosystem & Biogeochemical Research

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 5 days ago

are particularly interested in candidates who seek to develop use cases, analytical pipelines, or campaign planning tools leveraging multi-mission NASA retrievals, including: Plant Functional Traits & Canopy

Chemistry of Planetary and Exoplanetary Atmospheres

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 7 days ago

. Description: The postdoctoral researcher will develop novel instrument techniques based on IR heterodyne remote sensing, nano-photonics, and photonic integrated circuits.   Our objective is to enable new