Earth Science: Atmospheric Composition and Climate

Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Reference Code: 0008-NPP-NOV
26-GISS-Earth 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 includes:

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

Final date to receive applications: 11/1/2026 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.

This opportunity is closed to applicants who are Senior Fellows (five years or more past PhD).

GISS research into atmospheric composition and climate explores how changes in reactive gases and aerosols affect climate via radiation and cloud feedbacks and are affected by climate through various feedback processes. Interactions are explored across a range of climate simulations including paleo‑climate, interannual variability and future projections. Policy impacts are focused on the characterization of a broad range of impacts of anthropogenic activities, with a particular emphasis on emissions pathways designed to reduce multiple environmental damages.

We evaluate the effects of the full suite of climate‑altering pollutants emitted by particular activities and how these might change under different policies, and assess the simultaneous responses of regional temperatures, precipitation and air quality. Fundamental research into mechanistic parameterizations of aerosol and gas‑phase processes, microphysics and chemistry is undertaken as well as studying chemical interaction between the atmosphere and the surface including emission generating activities, such as fires, wetlands and biological activity.

In general we are interested in all mechanisms that affect climate via atmospheric composition pathways.

Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City, New York

Earth Science

• Susanne
  
  E. Bauer — susanne.e.bauer —
• Brian Cairns — brian.cairns —
• Ron Miller — ron.l.miller —
• Gavin Schmidt — gavin.a.s.schmidt —

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• U.S. Citizens;
• U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR);
• Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J‑1 visa status;
• 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

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• Degree:
  Doctoral Degree.