Postdoc: Wildfire Sensing & Multisensor Data Fusion

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; California; On-site; USD 75,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Flexible schedule

Learning opportunities

Parental leave

Job summary

Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar focused on developing models and data products that map fuel load and flammability across landscapes using multimodal remote sensing data. The role emphasizes collaboration with two JPL co-advisors and publication in open literature.

You will leverage imaging spectroscopy, thermal infrared observations, and other sensing modalities, with opportunities for HPC and cloud computing.

Qualifications

• Ph.D., or equivalent experience, in remote sensing, Earth or ecosystem science, fire science, data science, computer science, engineering, statistics or a related field.
• Substantial experience analyzing and modeling remote sensing data, especially imaging spectroscopy and thermal imaging, including multi-sensor fusion with LiDAR, SAR, SIF or similar data.
• Experience with classification and regression or interpolation problems, such as mapping vegetation and fuel types or dominant vegetation types, and estimating fuel- and flammability-related traits as continuous variables.
• A strong publication record showing the ability to do research both independently and collaboratively.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across research, interdisciplinary and external partner settings.

Responsibilities

• Develop scientific models, algorithms and data products that map fuel load, fuel composition and flammability across landscapes.
• Combine airborne and spaceborne imaging spectroscopy with thermal infrared observations as the core of the approach. Integrate other sensing modalities where they help, such as SAR, LiDAR and Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF).
• Validate and quantify uncertainty in the products using field measurements and independent reference datasets.
• Co-design tools and data products with our existing operational partners and stakeholders so the results are usable, relevant and sustainable over the long term.
• Publish results in peer-reviewed journals, present at scientific meetings and stakeholder forums, and release code and data in public repositories following open-science best practices.

Skills

Publication record

Collaboraboration

Communication

Remote sensing

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent

Tools

HPC

Cloud computing

Geospatial tools

Job description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar focused on developing models and data products that map fuel load and flammability across landscapes using multimodal remote sensing data. The role emphasizes collaboration with two JPL co-advisors and publication in open literature.

You will leverage imaging spectroscopy, thermal infrared observations, and other sensing modalities, with opportunities for HPC and cloud computing.