What are the responsibilities and job description for the POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER - Lucy Mission Spectral Investigations - Boulder, Co position at Southwest Research Institute?
Who We Are:
A world-class multidisciplinary group of Solar System professionals, who are unlocking the mysteries of planetary system formation and evolution via theoretical studies and space exploration.
Objectives of this Role:
A world-class multidisciplinary group of Solar System professionals, who are unlocking the mysteries of planetary system formation and evolution via theoretical studies and space exploration.
Objectives of this Role:
- Participate in Lucy mission investigations of spectral data from the L’Ralph instrument, particularly its LEISA (1–4 µm) infrared spectrometer.
- Possible experimental data collection from meteorites and terrestrial samples using laboratory equipment.
- Work within the Lucy Surface Composition Working Group.
- Attend Lucy Science Team meetings, and conferences to present Lucy data.
- Work with the Science Operations Center downlink team in processing instrument data for use by instrument, science, and archive teams.
- Analyze and interpret LEISA data from the Trojan asteroid flybys, including contributing to data reduction and projection of spectral data onto asteroid shape models.
- Requires a PhD in Planetary Science, Physics, or Geology.
- 1 years: Experience with visible and/or near-infrared spectroscopy, imaging spectroscopy, including spectral data reduction, analysis, and interpretation.
- 1 years: Experience with laboratory reflectance spectroscopy would be advantageous and proficiency in scientific programming (e.g., Python. IDL).
- Have a peer-reviewed publication record.
- Experience in a collaborative working environment.
Salary : $75,000 - $95,000