Research Scientist

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) is seeking to fill 2 Research Scientists in the W. B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences. The Center has a vigorous research program associated with fundamental and applied studies of the Earth’s ionosphere-thermosphere-magnetosphere (ITM) system using space and ground-based experimental resources as well as numerical modeling.

There are currently nine Earth-orbiting platforms with CSS thermal plasma instruments on board. The Center has been selected to provide the Thermal Plasma Sensor (TPS) instrument for NASA’s Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) Trailblazer mission with the expectation of future GDC missions. GDC is a satellite mission designed to investigate the coupling between the ionosphere and thermosphere and their response to external energy inputs. It will dramatically improve our understanding of the near-Earth environment and how disturbances (space weather) there impact human technology and society. The candidates will be expected to be a major part of this exciting mission.