Giant planet moon and small body volatile evolution

This NASA Postdoctoral Program opportunity focuses on modeling and data analysis from the Cassini/Huygens, Voyager 2, Rosetta, and New Horizons missions. The position seeks applicants who can evaluate the evolution of volatiles due to processes in the interiors, on the surfaces, and/or in the atmospheres of the moons of giant planets, dwarf planets, Centaurs, and large Trans Neptunian Objects. The proposed work will be interdisciplinary and can involve geochemistry, photochemistry, geomorphology, hydrothermal processes, and/or atmospheric dynamics. Areas of focus could include image analysis, evaluation of cometary and atmospheric composition observations, modeling of surface, interior, and/or atmospheric processes, and investigation of how existing or near-term observations and facilities can inform future studies of volatile evolution on giant planet moons and small bodies in the solar system. The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.