9 faculty science geology earth sciences and oceanography jobs found in Cambridge, MA

Title Postdoctoral Fellowship Position: The economics, policy, and ecology of nature-based climate change mitigation School Multiple Schools - Joint Search Department/Area Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability Position Description The  Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability  at Harvard University seeks a post-doctoral fellow to advance interdisciplinary research into the economics, policy, and ecology of nature-based climate change mitigation. The fellow will collaborate with  Joe Aldy ,  Noel (Missy) Holbrook , and  Jonathan Thompson  and others from across the University on research addressing forest and land use-related biological sequestration, emission offsets markets and policies, and related topics. The two-year fellowship will provide a salary of $83K plus healthcare benefits. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, contact information for three...

Title Tenure-Track Professor in Earth’s Physical Processes: surface, crust, and mantle School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Earth and Planetary Sciences Position Description The Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences (EPS) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in physical processes that influence the solid Earth. Earth’s physical processes are broadly defined and include seismology, volcanism, geomorphology, hydrology, and anthropogenic influences on land surfaces. Possible approaches include field, laboratory, computational, and theoretical studies. We seek to attract an individual who will establish an innovative research program and teach both undergraduate and graduate students. Basic Qualifications A doctorate or terminal degree in a field of science related to Earth’s physical processes is required by the expected start date, currently July 1,...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR ,  Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences , to join the Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA), a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and applied mathematicians spanning MIT, Caltech, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  Will collaborate with the MIT team to develop the ocean component of a new climate model in the Julia programming language that is flexible, easy to use, and runs on laptops, supercomputers, and GPUs.  The ways that the postdoctoral scholar could contribute include the implementation of novel numerical methods for climate modeling, the development of parameterizations of subgrid-scale processes leveraging data assimilation and machine learning approaches, and innovative computational studies of ocean processes controlling key climate features that leverage the unique capabilities of the...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR ,  Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences , to join the Bottom Boundary Layer Turbulence (BLT) project, a multi-institutional team of theoretical, numerical, and observational oceanographers spanning MIT, Whole Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and National Oceanographic Center in Southampton UK.  The MIT group argued that the waters that sink into the abyss at high latitudes rise back toward the surface along thin boundary layers that develop along sloping and corrugated ocean boundaries. This hypothesis is now being tested in the BLT field study. The study consists of three cruises off the coast of Ireland in the Rockall Trough and includes the deployment of turbulent profilers and moorings to sample boundary layer turbulence and the release of tracers to follow the upwelling of the bottom waters....

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR ,  Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) , to join the Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge (BC3) flagship project, a collaborative effort between faculty across many MIT departments and scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science (Department of Global Ecology, Stanford) and the National Oceanography Center (NOC; Southampton, UK).  Will develop the ocean biogeochemical component of a new climate model developed as part of the Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA) in the Julia language.  Research will focus on parameterizing the key biologically- and chemically-driven transformations in the ocean that impact the climate system in new ways that leverage the expanding availability of Earth system observations. Research will include collaboratively developing machine learning or other data...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE ,  Center for Global Change Science , to join an international team of experimentalists and theoreticians in the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE) and a large atmospheric chemistry group at MIT.  The work will focus on interpretation of AGAGE observations of greenhouse and ozone-depleting gases using models, measurements, and inverse methods. Additional information about MIT Atmospheric Chemistry and Professor Prinn is available at http://atmoschem.mit.edu and http://mit.edu/rprinn.   Job Requirements REQUIRED : a Ph.D. in some area of atmospheric physics and chemistry; experience in three-dimensional atmospheric chemical transport modeling.  PREFERRED :  experience using the noted models together with observations to optimally estimate trace gas sources...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE IN ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION AND MACHINE LEARNING ,  Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciencs (EAPS) , to assume a position at the interface of climate science and machine learning.  Will work with Professor Paul O'Gorman on the development of subgrid parameterizations of atmospheric convection based on machine learning and implementation of the parameterizations in climate models. This work is part of the M2LInES project and offers opportunities for collaboration within that project. Additional information is available at http://pog.mit.edu/research.html.   Job Requirements REQUIRED :  a Ph.D. in geosciences, physics, engineering, or a related field at the time of the appointment; strong background in atmospheric dynamics, climate modeling, and/or machine learning; and scientific...

Job Number: 22218 Functional Area: Academic (non-faculty) Department: Program in Media Arts and Sciences School Area: Architecture & Planning Employment Type: Full-time Temporary (Hybrid) Employment Category: Exempt Visa Sponsorship Available: Yes Schedule: POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, SPACE ENABLED, Program in Media Arts and Sciences-Space Enabled Group, to perform academic research supporting projects and collaborations that apply to the Environment-Vulnerability-Decision-Technology Framework.  Will train graduate and undergraduate researchers on the project teams; implement modeling and analysis for the EVDT framework; support the development of software tools that can be used by decision-makers; produce software code, data analysis, or simulations based on the goals of the team; work as needed on hardware systems to produce and manage earth science data relevant to the research projects using in-situ, satellite, and airborne platforms; and work with the...

Job Number:   22062 Functional Area:  Communications Department:   Department of Biological Engineering School Area:   Engineering Employment Type:   Part-Time Employment Category :  Exempt Visa Sponsorship Available:   No Schedule:   part-time (50%) - schedule to be determined Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. SCIENCE COMMUNICATION ADMINISTRATOR ,   Biological Engineering  (part-time, 50%), to provide a leadership opportunity in science communication as part of the MIT Superfund Research Program (MIT SRP), directed by Professor Bevin Engelward. The MIT SRP is supported by the NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This exciting program brings together researchers from diverse disciplines to find solutions to pressing problems related to public health. The...