Postdoctoral Position in Convection-Permitting Modeling of Extreme Precipitation Events.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
We are seeking a motivated postdoctoral research associate to join a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research team (University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Boise State) in a 5-year DOD funded project titled "Decision-Making with Uncertainty for Mission Assurance of DoD Installations under Climate Change Impacts on Flood Risks".
Primary job duties for the postdoc will include: 1) Convection-permitting simulations (grid spacing at/under 4 km) of historical extreme precipitation events in select regions of the United States. Pseudo Global Warming simulations of these events. Uncertainty quantification. 2) closely coordinating the data sharing and result discussion with the research team, and 3) leading publication of results in peer-reviewed journals. Additional opportunities include professional development such as teaching and mentoring students as well as career development such as grantsmanship.
Required qualifications include:
- Must have a PhD degree in atmospheric sciences or related field. The degree must have been conferred within ten years of the starting date.
- Experience with real-data simulations of precipitation events at convection-permitting resolutions using tools such as the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model or the Model for Prediction Across Scales - Atmosphere (MPAS-A).
- Extensive programming experience, preferably with Fortran and Python/R.
- Experience creating, interrogating, and analyzing large data sets stored in formats commonly used in Atmospheric Sciences (netCDF, HDF).
- Experience using high performance computing (HPC), including use of shared- and distributed-memory parallelization codes and HPC hardware resources.
- Experience working with, analyzing, and displaying derived products from numerical simulations.
- Experience using statistical techniques for data analysis, reduction, and synthesis.
- Experience presenting research results before small groups as well as in conference settings.
- Ability to work well independently as well as collaboratively towards common goals.
The position is expected to last three years but can possibly extend to five years contingent upon performance and budget approvals.
Questions about the position may be directed to: Prof. Francina Dominguez francina@illinois.edu.
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Francina Dominguez
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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