Investigations of the Solar Drivers for Space Weather
This project studies the Sun's corona using remote sensing instruments to better understand and predict space weather events like solar winds, CMEs, and flares.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: February 1, 2025 | May 1, 2025 | August 1, 2025 | November 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: Stipends vary by sponsoring agency and location; awards typically last 1 year with possible renewals up to 3 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship to conduct research on solar corona and space weather drivers at the Naval Research Laboratory using advanced remote sensing instrumentation.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents holding a doctorate within the last 5 years; requires contacting a Research Adviser prior to application.
Description
This fellowship opportunity supports postdoctoral research focused on understanding the solar corona and its role in driving space weather phenomena such as fast and slow solar winds, Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs), and solar flares. The research involves developing and utilizing novel remote sensing instruments, including ultraviolet and spectrometric coronagraphs, to observe the Sun’s source regions of space weather. The goal is to improve theoretical and empirical models of plasma processes in the solar corona, enhancing predictive capabilities for space weather impacts on space-based technologies.
Research projects may involve instruments like the Ultraviolet Coronal Spectrometer (UVCS), Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) on SOHO, the UVSC Pathfinder, and the planned Extreme Ultraviolet High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope (EUVST). The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) offers excellent facilities for instrumentation testing, optical and materials research, and high-performance computing to support these investigations.
