**Job Description**
The Postdoctoral Research Associate position, within the Carbon Cycle and Earth Environment (CACEE) Lab in the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University, is part of the “Global Ocean and Land Alkalinization (GOAL-A)” project. This role offers a unique opportunity to explore river responses to terrestrial enhanced weathering, with a focus on investigating how downstream carbon cycling responds to these processes. The associate will analyze changes in aquatic geochemistry and carbon fluxes within the interconnected river-lake-groundwater-atmosphere-sediment system, contributing to climate solutions and world-class research.
**Skills & Abilities**
• Prior experience in river modeling, river-lake network analysis, and biogeochemistry.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex differential equations, essential for modeling fluid dynamics and geochemical processes in river-lake systems.
• Extensive knowledge of river topology, including understanding of riverine structures, branching patterns, and flow dynamics.
• Experience in network analysis, capable of analyzing and interpreting the interconnectedness and hierarchical structuring of river systems.
• Familiarity with software and tools for simulating river network dynamics, such as R, Julia, Python, or GIS-based hydrological modeling platforms.
• Ability to integrate physical, chemical, and biological components into the river-lake network models to simulate realistic environmental conditions.
• Experience with various hydrology, hydraulic, sediment transport, and water quality models, especially public domain models.
• Experience with simulation of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling in the water column and sediments of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs (e.g., SWAT, ATS, or CrunchFlow).
• Collaborative spirit to contribute positively to the multi-institutional team.
• Solid understanding of basic hydrology and water quality.
• Knowledge in coding and modeling dynamic river biogeochemistry change.
**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Geosciences
• Related field
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