Postdoctoral Scholar - Space Sciences Laboratory - UC Berkeley

The Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar who will work with Drs. Andrew Poppe and Lucas Liuzzo as part of a NASA Precursor Science Investigations for Europa (PSIE) award to model Europa’s neutral atmosphere and its interaction with the Jovian magnetosphere.

The postdoc will be responsible for simulating Europa’s plasma interaction over a wide range of conditions using an established hybrid plasma model. This project will use modeling results for Europa’s neutral atmosphere produced by a Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) as input for ionospheric production. Hybrid model runs will also explore the range of Jovian plasma parameters that govern Europa’s plasma interaction.

Additional responsibilities include assembly and maintenance of the library of hybrid simulation results, delivery of the hybrid model results into a graphical user interface, presentation of results at appropriate scientific workshops and conferences, and preparation and submission of scientific manuscripts to appropriate peer-reviewed journals.