(Two-year externally funded position)
Located
in Moss Landing, California, the heart of the nation’s largest marine
sanctuary, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI places a balanced emphasis on science and engineering,
with established programs in marine robotics, ocean physics, chemistry,
geology, and biology, as well as information management and ocean
instrumentation research and development.
This postdoctoral researcher will participate in studies of ocean biogeochemical processes observed with chemical and biological sensors on profiling floats. The Chemical Sensor Lab at MBARI, in collaboration with Professor Steve Riser’s group at the University of Washington, is funded to deploy an array of profiling floats equipped with chemical and biological sensors. Four floats with nitrate and oxygen sensors are now deployed and operating (www.mbari.org/chemsensor/floatviz.htm), and funding is available to extend this array to nearly 40 floats. In conjunction with this project, two years of support is available for a postdoctoral researcher at MBARI.
The postdoctoral research will involve assessment of sensor and sensor array performance, integration of profiling float data with simple biogeochemical models, quantification of biogeochemical processes and the opportunity to participate in other aspects of sensor development.
A Ph.D. degree in a scientific discipline, knowledge of ocean processes, and experience working with large data sets are required. Must be able to work well with diverse group of individuals and must be willing and able to go to sea for specified periods of time.
Application requirements:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- At least three professional letters of recommendation
Address
your cover letter to :
MBARI, Human Resources
Job code: Postdoc-CSL
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644
Please submit your application materials by email to jobs_postdocs@mbari.org (preferred), or by mail to the above address,or by fax to (831) 775-1620.
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