The Rutgers University Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences invites applications for a postdoctoral associate with interests at the interface of climate modeling and economic risk analysis. Starting Spring or Summer 2020, the candidate will join the Rutgers University Earth System Science & Policy lab, under the direction of Professor Robert Kopp, and its collaborators in the Climate Impact Lab (impactlab.org).

The Climate Impact Lab is a team of economists, climate scientists, and software and data engineers at Rutgers, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Chicago, and the Rhodium Group. The Impact Lab develops innovative, empirically grounded approaches for assessing the economic risks of climate change. The postdoctoral associate will focus on analyzing the implications of different sources of global and regional climate uncertainty, as well as different approaches to estimating such uncertainties, on such economic risk assessments. We are seeking candidates with a strong climate science background who desire to expand the experience with climate impact analysis.

Consideration of applications will begin on January 15, 2020.

Applicant must hold a PhD in climate science, atmospheric science, oceanography, or a related field at the time of appointment.

Candidates must have a strong grasp of statistics, strong coding skills, and familiarity with CMIP-class global climate models. Familiarity with risk assessment, climate impacts, climate econometrics, and/or the climate scenarios literature is a plus.

The position is a grant-funded annual position, with renewal for a second year expected subject to performance.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, military status or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment.

Interested candidates must apply online at https://jobs.rutgers.edu and submit: a cover letter, a curriculum vitae (CV), the names and contact information of 3 references, and a writing sample.

The position will be based at Rutgers-New Brunswick and require significant time visiting Climate Impact Lab partners in Chicago, Berkeley, Oakland, and Seattle.