Postdoc: Mountain Hydrology & ATS-EcoSIM Modeling

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 24 days + holidays

Postdoctoral Paid Family Leave

UC retirement savings options

Postdoc networking via Berkeley Lab

Job summary

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in Integrated Hydrologic Modeling to lead development of 3D watershed models and high-fidelity simulations for a headwater system in the Upper Colorado River basin. You will work within the Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area and integrate ATS-EcoSIM with plant–soil–microbe processes on HPC resources.

The position emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration across hydroclimate, plant physiology, geochemistry, and remote

Qualifications

• PhD in hydrology, civil, environmental engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with numerical hydrologic models and land surface models.
• Experience with Linux on cluster and/or high-performance computing environments.
• Experience manipulating large datasets with scripting languages such as Python, or compiled languages such as C++, and Fortran.
• Experience implementing workflows with API wrappers and software such as Jupyter, R, or Python notebooks.
• Ability to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of scientists.
• Ability to author peer-reviewed journal publications and technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated hydrologic models of mountainous watersheds and perform high resolution/high-fidelity simulations with ATS-EcoSIM.
• Collaborate with scientists across disciplines including groundwater–surface water interaction, plant physiology, geochemistry and reactive transport, geophysics, remote sensing, and atmospheric science.
• Generate and synthesize large datasets produced via high performance computing.
• Author peer-reviewed journal articles and technical reports.

Skills

Python

C++

Fortran

Linux HPC

AI agents

Education

PhD in hydrology, civil or environmental engineering

Tools

ATS-EcoSIM

ATS

Jupyter

Python notebooks

Job description

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in Integrated Hydrologic Modeling to lead development of 3D watershed models and high-fidelity simulations for a headwater system in the Upper Colorado River basin. You will work within the Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area and integrate ATS-EcoSIM with plant–soil–microbe processes on HPC resources.

The position emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration across hydroclimate, plant physiology, geochemistry, and remote