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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, OAE Process-Model Testbed

Boulder, CO💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-10 → 2026-09-25

Core

Develop a 1D OAE process-model testbed to isolate biogeochemical processes critical to ocean alkalinity enhancement efficacy and feed parameterizations into 3D regional models.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Ocean Biogeochemistry & Modeling)

Builds

1D OAE process-model testbed, parameterizations for mineral dissolution/precipitation, particle dynamics, and sediment alkalinity cycling within the C-Star/ROMS-MARBL framework.

Domain

Oceanography, Marine Chemistry, Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), Biogeochemical Modeling

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Ocean biogeochemistry, carbonate chemistry, alkalinity, marine mineral dissolution/precipitation kinetics, particle dynamics, Python scientific software development, numerical experiment design, uncertainty quantification

Preferred skills

MARBL/ROMS-MARBL coupling, Bayesian calibration, ensemble parameter estimation, agentic AI for scientific workflows

Technologies

Python, ROMS-MARBL, C-Star, Fortran, Julia

Responsibilities

Design and implement a 1D OAE process-model testbed; develop generalized representations of sinking particulate material and in-situ particle generation; run large perturbed-parameter ensembles; validate parameterizations against empirical datasets; implement process formulations in the ROMS-MARBL framework; contribute to C-Star software infrastructure and documentation; submit peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Seniority

Postdoctoral, hands-on IC

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