Postdoctoral Research Associate, Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Environmental Geophysics

• Lead operation and maintenance of permanent ERT instrumentation within the Landscape Evolution Observatory.
• Design and execute new ERT experiments supporting rainfall, vegetation, and ecosystem manipulation studies in collaboration with an interdisciplinary science team.
• Develop automated data acquisition, calibration, and quality assurance workflows.
• Develop inversion methods for estimating spatial and temporal changes in soil moisture and subsurface properties.
• Integrate ERT observations with complementary sensor networks and environmental observations.
• Collaborate on coupling geophysical observations with mechanistic ecosystem, hydrological, and reactive transport models (e.g., EcoSIM, PFLOTRAN, CATHY) a part of the new DOE funded Genesis project at Biosphere 2.
• Develop new approaches using machine learning and AI to improve inversion, interpretation, and autonomous monitoring.
• Publish peer-reviewed research and contribute to external funding proposals.
• Mentor graduate students, undergraduate researchers, and visiting scientists.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.