Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects. This specific opportunity focuses on ocean biogeochemical modeling at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). NASA's ocean carbon cycle and ecosystems research seeks to study the interactions of global biogeochemical cycles and aquatic ecosystems, assess global environmental change and describe the implications for Earth's climate, productivity, and natural resources. Research at GISS focuses on biogeochemical modeling of the oceanic component of the carbon cycle and uses satellite data both for model assessment and improvement. The NASA Ocean Biogeochemical model (NOBM) simulates the ocean carbon cycle using phytoplankton groups differentiation. Research proposals are encouraged in areas including physical-biogeochemical interactions and their impact on the ocean solubility and biological pump, modeling phytoplankton size distribution, and modeling interactive dust-iron deposition in NOBM. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.