Postdoctoral Fellow, Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Emissions
Core
Lead experimental research on gas- and particle-phase emissions from burning building materials, vehicles, and household contents in wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires.
Role type
Postdoctoral Fellow (Research Scientist)
Builds
Public emission factor datasets and peer-reviewed scientific publications
Domain
Environmental Science / Combustion Chemistry / Atmospheric Science
Required skills
combustion experiments, gas-phase and aerosol measurement, data analysis (Python/MATLAB/R), carbon mass balance calculations, laboratory instrumentation operation
Preferred skills
fire science, aerosol mass spectrometry, filter-based sampling, chemical transport modeling (CMAQ), multi-institution project coordination
Technologies
combustion furnace, emissions hood, dilution sampling system, gas analyzers, particle sizers, photoacoustic extinctiometer, XRF, ion chromatography, CMAQ model
Responsibilities
Design and execute laboratory-scale combustion experiments; operate and maintain real-time gas and aerosol instruments; oversee quality assurance and offline sample analysis; prepare manuscripts and reports; curate public emission factor datasets
Seniority
Postdoctoral Fellow (Early-career Researcher)