NASA Postdoctoral Program - Solar System: Impact Crater Modeling and Remote Sensing Studies of Planetary Surfaces

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 studies of planetary surfaces using near-infrared remote sensing or that take a model-based approach to understand the role of impact cratering in modifying a planetary surface. Research topics include impact cratering, regolith development, and comparative planetology. Current projects include analysis of lunar spectral data, studies of the lunar surface and stratigraphy using high resolution images, crater ejecta and melt modeling, studies of small-body geology, geologic mapping, and data integration. This research generally involves cross-comparison of planetary data sets; including infrared data, optical imaging, topographic data, radar, and numerical models. The fellowship is based at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.