NASA Postdoctoral Program - Exobiology: AI/ML Resource Development and In-situ Life Detection

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 seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work on artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in astrobiology, particularly for life detection strategies. The successful candidate will drive the development of an online community resource hosted at NASA Ames that provides extensive support and guidance for AI/ML research in astrobiology. This will require excellent skills in coordinating across NASA's data ecosystem, liaising with program officers, creating collaborations, and seeking innovative approaches to address the future AI/ML needs of astrobiology and NASA's science programs. The research component will contribute to ongoing studies of biomarkers such as lipids and novel techniques in instrumentation applied to concept development work for Mars and broader solar system exploration science.