Career Opportunities

Postdoctoral Fellow - Wildfire Science and Technology

Job Code:  R_00035495

Purpose: We are looking for a highly motivated individual to fill a postdoctoral fellow position to assist with processing and interpretation of multispectral thermal infrared data of prescribed fires as part of a larger project on active fire (hot spot) detection, fire propagation modeling, 3D plume characterization, and assessing environmental impacts of fires. The aim of the project is to quantify the thermal and gas emissions from prescribed fires in 3D in near real-time using thermal infrared spectroscopy. This will help determine relationships between fire intensity and vegetation change, with the goal of predicting the gas emissions from prescribed and wildland fires.

Functions: Research and development of thermal infrared retrieval algorithms to characterize thermal and gas emissions from wildland fires in near real-time. Develop thermodynamic models of wildland fire propagation and evaluate the impact of fire severity on vegetation change based on field results which will involve code development/automation, data collection and processing, and analysis and visualization of results. Publish quality research results in peer-reviewed publications.

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