PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Atmospheric Science in United States

The Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine is anticipating openings for postdoctoral scholars in an interdisciplinary earth and climate research environment. The pool is centered on departmental research strengths in biogeochemistry , atmospheric chemistry , and physical climate , offering opportunities to contribute to work across the Earth system. This opening is designed for researchers who want to build postdoctoral projects within a department focused on ...

This postdoctoral opening in the Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine focuses on improving subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction of precipitation for the west to southwest United States. The project examines processes in the atmosphere and ocean-atmosphere interactions that may improve forecasts on 2-8 week and 2-6 month time scales. The scholar will work with Gudrun Magnusdottir and join a highly interdisciplinary research environment in Earth System Science. ...

The Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar for a project on rapid-response modeling of air quality and the health impacts of energy policy. The role sits within the Climate, Pollution, and Solutions group led by Professor Lyssa Freese and is embedded in a broader interdisciplinary effort with university researchers and environmental organizations. The scholar will develop and apply air pollution and atmospheric chemistry mo...

The Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine is advertising an ongoing recruitment for postdoctoral scholars across the 2026-27 academic year. The opening is intended for recent Ph.D. graduates working in chemistry or closely related areas, with opportunities spanning several major research directions. Research areas explicitly highlighted include inorganic and organometallic chemistry, organic chemistry and chemical biology, physical/atmospheric/analytical chemistry, poly...

Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, USA, is offering a fully funded, two-year Master’s graduate research assistantship in Geography with a focus on meteorology, beginning in Fall 2027. The thesis project will examine supercell–squall line mergers and their effects on mesoscale dynamics and rear inflow. Research may include numerical modelling, mesoscale meteorology, radar observations, atmospheric analysis, convective life cycles, and mesoscale convective systems. The Dillon Blount Research Group a...

The University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) is accepting applications for a full-time, on-site Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Miami, Florida, United States. The researcher will validate and improve numerical model forecasts from the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS), with emphasis on model physics, particularly boundary-layer and convective physics. The work will include comparison with relevant observational datasets, analy...

Rutgers University is hiring a full-time Postdoctoral Associate in Aerosol Research in the Department of Environmental Sciences within the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. The postdoctoral researcher will conduct independent research on aerosol sampling, analysis, and control; develop and optimize methods to improve indoor air quality; and perform experiments in laboratory and field environments. Resp...

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) invites applications for Postdoctoral Scholar positions in climate science and modeling through the Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA), within the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences and the Division of Engineering and Applied Science. Postdoctoral researchers will contribute to the development of an Earth system model that learns from diverse data sources, including satellite and ground-based Earth observations, high-resolution simulations, ...

The California Institute of Technology is inviting applications for two postdoctoral fellowships in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences: the Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Postdoctoral Fellowship and the O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Fellowship. Both fellowships support innovative research in earth and planetary sciences, with strong encouragement for interdisciplinary projects. The Barr Fellowship focuses particularly on work connected with the Caltech Center for Comparative Planetary ...