NASA Postdoctoral Program - Research in Coastal Hydrology

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects. This specific fellowship opportunity focuses on coastal hydrology research at JPL, examining the critical interdisciplinary intersection between society, the water cycle, oceanography, and climate change. The postdoctoral fellow will participate in research observing or modeling coastal hydrologic dynamics using datasets including groundwater storage (GRACE, GRACE-FO), land subsidence (Sentinel-1, NISAR), land cover (MODIS, Landsat), soil moisture (SMAP), and ocean altimetry (Sentinel-6). Research projects may focus on the future of coastal watersheds in the context of climate change, submarine groundwater discharge, or saltwater intrusion. These competitive fellowships are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology, with appointments ranging from one to three years.