Heliophysics Science: Global Magnetospheric Simulation

Overview

Heliophysics Science:
Global Magnetospheric Simulation

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Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Reference Code: 0030-NPP-MAR
26-GSFC-Helio Sci

All applications must be submitted in Zintellect. Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements:

How to Apply

| NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org)

A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes:

• Research proposal
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official doctoral transcript documents

3/1/2026 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Current research focuses on developing the next generation of global simulations of the terrestrial magnetosphere and on intercalibrating existing simulation codes against themselves, data-based global models (e.g., those due to Tsyganenko), and against direct spacecraft observations. World-class research capabilities exist in all of these areas. A long-range objective is to develop global magnetosphere simulations, which allow for a quantitatively correct description of the terrestrial magnetosphere system.

The presence of the SEC/LWS Programs at Goddard and their goal of understanding the global magnetosphere as a system provide a strong motivation for these research activities. The principal new techniques in global magneto hydrodynamics (MHD) code development include the construction of a finite element; a fully adaptive grid global MHD magnetospheric code, which will allow us to test the limits of MHD methods to modeling the global magnetosphere and on a longer timescale;

and the use of hybrid and kinetic code patches to regions of the global MHD code where MHD is not applicable.

Location:

Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

Field of Science:
Heliophysics Science

Advisors:
Alex Glocer (alex.glocer-1, );
Lutz Rastaetter (lutz.rastaetter-1, );
Hyunju Kim Connor (Hyunju.k.connor, );
Christopher Bard (christopher.bard)

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Eligibility is currently open to:

• U.S. Citizens;
• U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR);
• Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status; and,
• Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with
  1) a valid EAD card and
  2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status

Questions about this opportunity? Please email npp

Point of Contact:
Mikeala

• Degree:
  Doctoral Degree.

• Internship

• Full-time

• Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
• Industries:
  Government Administration

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