The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to conduct research in glaciology.  The successful candidate would join a project aimed at observing and understanding the impact of surface meltwater on the flow of Antartic Ice Sheet.  This three-year, NSF-funded project includes fieldwork on an Antarctic Peninsula outlet glacier to measure how ice flow varies during surface melting and a continent-wide remote sensing survey.  Our main objectives are to test the hypothesis that meltwater reaching the bed temporarily accelerates the flow of Antarctic outlet glaciers.  This project is a collaboration between LDEO, the University of Sheffield, UK, and Northumbria University, UK.

The successful candidate will be based at the LDEO in the Polar Geophysics Group, and will work most directly with Jonny Kingslake.  We envision their responsibilities including helping plan and execute two 4-6 week field season in Antarctica.  The team will deploy global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), weather stations, ice-pentrating radars, uncrewed aerial vehicles, and seismometers.  The specific responsibilities of the LDEO-based postdoctoral researcher will depend on their expertise, but could include the design and implementation of field surveys, leading field teams, analysis of field data, analysis of satellite data, and publishing results.