University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Post-Doc Research Associate
🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $64K - $72K
💻 Research
🗓️ September 1st, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Conduct numerical modeling (Large Eddy Simulation, Direct Numerical Simulation) and laboratory wave tank experiments focused on ice-ocean interactions.
- Improve existing GPU-accelerated ocean models and develop lab experiments in the Joint Fluids Lab at UNC.
- Participate in potential field campaigns in Greenland related to submarine glacier melting studies.
- Publish research in peer-reviewed journals and present at scientific conferences.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams including oceanographers and glaciologists at Oregon State and Tufts.
- Ph.D. required in Oceanography, Fluid Dynamics, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics/Physics, or related fields.
- Strong background in geophysical fluid dynamics, turbulence, and numerical modeling or lab experiments in stratified or rotating fluids.
- Preferred experience with GPU-accelerated models (e.g., Oceananigans.jl), high-performance computing, and advanced flow measurement techniques (PIV, LIF).
- Full-time position with a 24-month appointment, hiring range $64,000-$72,000, starting around January 2026.
- Department: Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill, focusing on advancing earth and ocean process understanding.
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