Reducing human health risk and exposure to wastewater spills in coastal environments

This NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship opportunity focuses on using remote sensing to improve understanding of Tijuana River plumes and enhance decision-making processes to protect public health. The research addresses pollution from the Tijuana River Valley, which has led to hundreds of beach closure days and poses significant health risks to swimmers in San Diego County. The project will explore how remote sensing technology can assist San Diego County's Health Department in protecting beachgoers while preventing unnecessary closures that could negatively affect beach tourism economy. The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects. 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.