The Caltech Postdoctoral Scholars Program at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL) invites applications for a postdoctoral research
position in JPL’s Planetary Science Section.
The research will involve selection of landing sites for the 2016
InSight Discovery and 2020 Mars Rover Missions. Dr. Matt Golombek will
serve as JPL postdoctoral advisor to the selected candidate who will
carry out research in collaboration with the advisor, resulting in
publications.
Candidates should have a recent PhD in Planetary Geology or related
field with a strong background using and analyzing Mars remote sensing
data. Experience in ArcGIS is highly desirable as well as experience
working with and/or generating digital elevation models. Candidates
who received their PhD within the past five years prior to the date of
their application are eligible. The annual starting salary for recent
PhD is US$52,000 and can vary somewhat according to the applicant’s
qualifications. Postdoctoral Scholar positions are awarded for a
minimum of one-year period and may be renewed to a maximum of three
years.
Please send a letter describing your research interests, a curriculum
vitae, a list of three references (with telephone numbers, postal and
email address) to: Matt Golombek, [email protected]. Further
information is available at:
http://postdocs.jpl.nasa.gov/researchapplicants/jobpostings/index.cfm?
FuseAction=ShowJobPosting&JobPostingID=474