NASA Postdoctoral Program - Space Science: The Effect of Environmental Factors on Microbial Evolution

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 astrobiology research at Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, with emphasis on applying technical and theoretical skills to questions of microbial evolution. The research particularly examines the role of the environment in evolution, including the evolution of organisms that are at the environmental limits for life, known as extremophiles. The position is advised by Dr. Lynn Justine Rothschild and seeks applicants who wish to apply expertise from diverse fields to questions of the origin, evolution, and ecology of life through the universe.