Christian L'Orange

Colorado State University is advertising a postdoctoral fellow position in wildland-urban interface fire emissions , based in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Colorado State University Energy Institute Powerhouse House Campus. The project is supported by a NOAA-funded research effort focused on understanding emissions from fires in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) . The work addresses an important wildfire research question: what happens when buildings, vehicles, and other human-made materials burn alongside vegetation, and how those emissions affect wildfire smoke impacts. The postdoc will participate in hands-on combustion experiments , gas and particle measurements , and collaborative research across multiple institutions, with opportunities to join large-scale fire experiments at NIST . Relevant research interests include combustion , fire science , atmospheric chemistry , aerosol measurements , and gas-phase measurements . Preferred background includes experience with aerosol or gas-phase measurements and interest in the broader wildfire smoke / air quality problem. The post is a research position rather than a scholarship, and no stipend or salary amount is stated in the post. Application deadline: full consideration by 2027-01-15 , with a targeted start in March 2027 . Interested candidates should review the full position description and apply via the linked Workday posting.