NASA Postdoctoral Program Opportunities

• U.S. Citizens Accepted
• Lawful Permanent Residents Accepted
• Foreign nationals who are in the U.S. at the time of application and on a valid J1 visa Accepted;
  Foreign nationals, asylees or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with a valid EAD card and pending I-485 or I-589 forms Accepted.
  Applications with citizens from Designated Countries will not be accepted at this time, unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the United States. A complete list of Designated Countries can be found at: https://www.nasa.gov/oiir/export-control.

To prepare for the upcoming Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) hyperspectral observing system,* NASA is embarking on a new activity that will provide the scientific community with SBG-like data products from airborne and space-borne imaging spectroscopy missions, e.g., the HyspIRI airborne campaigns, DESIS, HISUI, and Hyperion. This effort will also inform the science data processing architecture for SBG. NASA Ames Research Center is adapting its automated science processing operations developed for the Kepler and TESS exoplanet missions for the SBG precursor activity and seeks a post-doctoral fellow to assist with implementing science algorithms for processing imaging spectroscopy data from its raw state (Level 0) through to global gridded data products (Level 3).** The fellow will also have the opportunity to develop their own research algorithms suitable for use with SBG-like datasets.

This is a unique and rare opportunity for an early-career scientist to advance their research interests while contributing to a high-visibility Earth Science mission early in its formulation.

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* The Surface Biology & Geology observing system will examine ground and water temperature, snow reflectivity, active geologic processes, vegetation traits, and algal biomass using hyperspectral imagery in the visible and shortwave infrared and multi- or hyperspectral imagery in the thermal IR (https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/decadal-sbg)

**Details on NASA data processing levels can be found at: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/collaborate/open-data-services-and-software/data-information-policy/data-levels