Post Doctoral Appointee, Atmospheric Sciences- Hybrid

Bidder Eligibility:

This postdoctoral position is a temporary position for up to one year, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to five additional years. The PhD must have been conferred within five years prior to employment. Individuals in postdoctoral positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee with expertise and interest in large-scale atmospheric dynamics, including stratospheric transport and impacts. You will work in an interdisciplinary team to develop novel computational approaches that capture quantitative relationships between multiple variables over space and time. As an Earth system scientist in Sandia's Atmospheric Science department, your work will lie at the interface of climate sciences, computational modeling, data analytics, machine learning, spatiotemporal statistics, optimization, and uncertainty quantification.

On any given day, you will be called on to:

• Work with the DOE E3SM and SCREAM models to represent the earth system and atmospheric processes.
• Develop novel code to improve the representation of the physical processes that govern the stratosphere within E3SM/SCREAM.
• Characterize the variability and perturbations of stratospheric aerosol and radiative forcing associated with aerosol injections such as volcanic eruptions.
• Identify atmospheric teleconnections and relationships between natural modes

As a postdoctoral appointee, we will also be expecting and supporting you to:

• Publish your work in peer-reviewed journals.
• Present your work at relevant conference venues.
• Network with other scientists both within and outside Sandia
• Pursue follow-on research in support of broad-ranging mission areas

The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Qualifications We Require:

• Recent PhD in Atmospheric or Climate Sciences, or in a related field
• Proven research experience, as evidenced by strong record of research publications and presentations
• Experience in climate modeling, analysis, and interpretation

At least one of the following:

• Running simulations with coupled Earth system models (e.g., E3SM, CESM, GFDL, GISS)
• Evaluation of climate model…