NASA Postdoctoral Program - Volcano transient source processes constrained by InSAR and in situ observations

The NASA Postdoctoral Program 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 research opportunity focuses on improving understanding of volcanoes temporal evolution through space-based geodetic data sets (InSAR and GNSS) and lava lake observations. The research will investigate the decadal dynamical behavior of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii and Nyiragongo volcano in Democratic Republic of Congo by combining geodetic and lava lake time series with models governing interactions of key variables such as magma pressure in reservoirs and magma flows. The research will examine inelastic deformation of the crust and magma transport characterized by varying flow resistance causing valve-like mechanisms enabling or preventing transient magma flows. The position is located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.