NASA Postdoctoral Program - Environmental atmospheric processes near the surface of Mars

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. 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. This specific opportunity focuses on studying the physics of atmospheric processes near the surface of Mars, especially related to Perseverance and Curiosity missions. The work will consist of scientific analysis of data collected by environmental stations on Mars, with the goal of understanding processes driving environmental evolution and surface interactions. Candidates should have a background in physics and thermodynamics of atmospheres, physics or applied mathematics, and should be willing to collaborate with a large group of planetary atmosphere scientists. The opportunity includes optional training through occasional participation in mission operations to propose new experiments or observations.