Postdoctoral Associate

The WPP seeks a postdoctoral associate to conduct water science & policy research, review and synthesize relevant data, and provide data analytics to understand, frame, and analyze challenges, particularly those related to disasters and climate change. The position is supported by a corporate philanthropic grant aimed at promoting water policy innovation that is currently active and needed in areas related to water data, infrastructure, and disaster recovery, adaptation, and resilience. The postdoctoral associate will be part of a vibrant community of scholars at Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability.

The position is for a one-year term with renewal anticipated upon satisfactory performance. Programming skills particularly with R and Python, and experience with managing and synthesizing large data sets, particularly those related to water and climate are prerequisites; experience with climate modeling, remote sensing and image analysis, and multi-dimensional data are desirable.

Interested applicants should submit their CV, a statement of research interest, and names of 2 references to academic jobs online and ashley.ward2@duke.edu.
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