Investigating Air Quality Challenges and Impacts in California's Central Valley

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects. This specific opportunity at NASA Ames seeks a candidate to investigate the application of atmospheric science for impacts on rural-to-urban communities and/or public health. The position will combine NASA Earth observations from satellites, airborne measurements, ground-based instruments and socioeconomic datasets to investigate exposure to air pollutants and implications on human and ecosystem health. Specifically, candidates will conduct research investigations to understand the role of atmospheric pollutants within California's San Joaquin Valley, including how atmospheric conditions, local topography, climate and season influence air pollutant concentrations, which areas endure elevated exposure risks, effects of long-term exposure to air pollutants, factors affecting long-term trends of air quality conditions, and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with residents in the San Joaquin Valley. This opportunity aims to provide comprehensive understanding of atmospheric composition and implications on human and ecosystem health through the combination of socioeconomic data and geospatial information.