Coastal Engineering Postdoc: Living Shorelines

Grow in Greenville, NC; Greenville (NC); On-site; USD 57,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in coastal engineering and adaptation analyses, focusing on living shorelines and hazard mitigation. Responsibilities include numerical modeling, data collection, literature reviews, and mentoring undergrad and grad researchers.

The successful candidate will devote ~90% of time to coastal analyses across 3–5 sites in eastern North Carolina, with ~10% for supervising lab activities and ensuring research

Qualifications

• PhD in integrated coastal sciences, coastal engineering, or a related discipline.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Independent and collaborative development, implementation, and analysis of coastal engineering research.
• Design of adaptation alternatives and modeling their effectiveness.
• Supervise undergraduate and graduate researchers and data collection procedures.
• Set up, calibrate, and run numerical models to test coastal hazard adaptations.
• Prepare reports and presentations of research findings.

Skills

English Proficiency

Excellent written and oral comms

Education

PhD in integrated coastal sciences/coastal engineering

Job description

East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in coastal engineering and adaptation analyses, focusing on living shorelines and hazard mitigation. Responsibilities include numerical modeling, data collection, literature reviews, and mentoring undergrad and grad researchers.

The successful candidate will devote ~90% of time to coastal analyses across 3–5 sites in eastern North Carolina, with ~10% for supervising lab activities and ensuring research