NRL Gamma-Ray/Neutron Instrument Development
The Naval Research Lab develops gamma-ray/neutron instruments for space and Earth environments, covering design, construction, deployment, and data analysis.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025 (Next deadline)
Funding Amounts: Stipend approximately $99,200 per year plus $3,000 travel allowance; typical fellowship duration 2-3 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship supporting research and development of gamma-ray and neutron radiation detection instruments for space and terrestrial environments at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents; requires Ph.D. earned within last 5 years; relocation and health insurance benefits included.
Description
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) High Energy Space Environment Branch offers a postdoctoral research associateship focused on the development of advanced gamma-ray and neutron radiation detection instruments. This fellowship supports the full instrument development lifecycle, from conceptual design through construction, deployment, and data analysis, addressing high-energy space and terrestrial radiation environments.
Research activities include:
- Radiation transport modeling and simulation
- Development and characterization of novel radiation detection technologies
- Design, construction, and deployment of advanced instruments
- Operation and data analysis of deployed instruments
- Rapid development (1-2 years) of space instruments to test new detection materials
- Measurement of transient radiation events such as gamma-ray bursts and solar flares
- Simulation and instrument development for particle acceleration and radiation transport in thunderstorms
- Development and testing of custom electronics for solid-state and scintillation detectors
- Mapping terrestrial background radiation
- Designing detection systems for standoff detection of special nuclear materials
The program seeks candidates with experience in nuclear instrumentation electronics, ASICs and readout electronics, RF design and fabrication, embedded programming, scintillators, silicon photomultipliers, solid-state radiation detectors, and gas ionization detectors.
