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Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) helps government agencies better anticipate and manage climate and weather-related risks. Customers like NOAA, NASA, and the Department of Defense rely on AER’s scientists to help solve problems of vital importance in energy, environment, national security, and climate change. AER science and technology experts are world-renowned, and more than half of AER's employees have PhD's or advanced degrees.

We are looking for a Senior Research Associate to contribute to several recently-funded oceanographic and climate science research projects.

About the Day-to-Day Responsibilities of the Role

• You will contribute to ongoing research programs in ocean circulation, sea level, and climate.
• You will develop new approaches for analyzing, comparing, and interpreting large and diverse datasets, including satellite and in-situ observations and numerical model output.
• You will lead high-impact peer-reviewed papers, give presentations at scientific conferences, and keep up with relevant scientific and computational advances.

In addition, as a new member of AER’s internationally recognized Research and Development Division, you will be provided with (1) ample opportunities to collaborate with scientists at AER and other research institutions and (2) both individual and team mentorship to develop your own externally-funded research program.

Required qualifications:

• Advanced degree in oceanography or climate-related discipline.
• Strong scientific programming skills in R, MATLAB, or Python (preferred) (lower-level languages are a plus).
• Previous experience analyzing ocean and/or climate datasets in a scientific research capacity.
• Excellent writing skills and comfort with public speaking.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.

Bonus points if you have:

• Familiarity with sea level science
• Previous experience configuring and/or performing numerical model simulations on high performance computing systems.

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For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

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