NASA Postdoctoral Program - Spectroscopic diagnostics of solar eruptive events

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 solar flares and coronal mass ejections, referred to as solar eruptive events (SEE). The research involves ultraviolet (UV), extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) and soft X-ray spectra to probe heated thermal plasma during flares and measure erupting plasma speed. The position has a particular focus on data from the Hinode EUV Imaging Spectrometer, including identifying key datasets from the 18-year mission, performing plasma diagnostics, and confronting theoretical plasma models of SEEs. Diagnostics include density, temperature, element abundance, velocity, and unique coronal magnetic field measurements.