NASA Postdoctoral Program - Investigations of Middle/Upper Atmospheres and Exospheres Across the Solar System

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 solicits science proposals for the analysis of NASA mission data to study the middle/upper atmospheres and exospheres of planetary bodies in the Solar System. Proposals may focus on the atmospheres of the terrestrial planets, the upper atmospheres of the giant planets, the atmosphere of Titan, and/or the surface-bound exospheres of planets and moons throughout the Solar System, with the objective of characterizing the current state of and important processes governing target atmospheres and their evolution through time. Key focus areas include atmospheric (photo)chemistry, dynamics and transport, and escape. Proposed science objectives should align with the science objectives of current NASA missions and/or support NASA in its preparation for future mission success.