Postdoc: Remote Energy & Industrial Transition Modeling

Dartmouth College; Hanover (NH); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth College is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Sustainable Transitions Lab at the Thayer School of Engineering. This role focuses on building and applying industrial system planning models to explore regional and national pathways with an emphasis on evaluating cost, labor, climate, and air quality tradeoffs. Candidates should have a PhD in relevant fields and significant research experience. The position may be fully or partially remote.

Qualifications

• PhD in relevant fields including energy systems engineering, operations research, computer science, decision analysis, environmental economics, environmental planning, geography, energy resources, or environmental engineering.
• At least four years of relevant research experience.
• Demonstrated research ability and excellent communication skills.
• Comfortable working collaboratively and independently.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to interdisciplinary team studies on steel industry transitions.
• Authors or co-authors research findings.
• Mentors undergraduate and graduate students.
• Presents findings at conferences.
• Assists with writing grant proposals.

Skills

Optimization methods

Data science

Programming

Geospatial analysis

Environmental economics

Education

PhD in relevant fields

Tools

GIS software

Job description

Dartmouth College is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Sustainable Transitions Lab at the Thayer School of Engineering. This role focuses on building and applying industrial system planning models to explore regional and national pathways with an emphasis on evaluating cost, labor, climate, and air quality tradeoffs. Candidates should have a PhD in relevant fields and significant research experience. The position may be fully or partially remote.