MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in the field of Planetary Science, Astronomy, Geoscience, or a related discipline by the start date of the position.
• Experience with numerical modeling and programming
• Experience with modelling the climate, photochemistry, or escape of planetary or exoplanetary atmospheres.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with one or more of: modeling hydrodynamic escape from the upper atmospheres of terrestrial planets, Venusian photochemistry, interior-atmosphere interactions and outgassing.
• Experience with or interest in mentoring junior scientists.
• Experience leading peer-reviewed scientific publications.

• The successful applicant will conduct original research in collaboration with Prof. Sukrit Ranjan and his group related to the composition and structure of planetary atmospheres, with emphasis on terrestrial planet atmospheres inside and outside the solar system. The specific topics of research will be cooperatively negotiated based on mutual interest, though current priorities include hydrodynamic atmospheric escape, Martian geochemistry, and photochemical kinetics as applied to questions of astrobiological interest.
• Other responsibilities may include participation in remote and in-person team meetings, presentation of results at conferences, scientific mentoring of junior colleagues, and preparation of original scientific research manuscripts.