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Research Scientist, Coastal Ocean Modeling
Ephemeral
Full-time
Santa Clara, CA, USA
100,000 – 150,000 USD per year
Posted on Oct 7, 2024
Ephemeral’s mission is to restore our planet’s climate and ocean. We do this by harnessing the ocean’s natural ability to absorb and store carbon. By spreading alkaline minerals in shallow ocean regions, we can remove gigatons of CO2 while simultaneously providing shoreline protection to coastal communities impacted by climate change.
About the position
We are seeking a Coastal Modeler to help develop our Coastal Enhanced Weathering/Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) methods, models, and projects for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR).
By modeling systems ranging from porewaters to coastal sediment and hydrodynamic systems, you’ll develop and run models which allow us to select sites, design deployments, and ultimately quantify carbon removal. Your modeling will also be fundamental to the development of our monitoring plans, and you’ll play a key role in developing our site selection and MRV strategy.
As a Coastal Ocean Modeler, you will operate with a high degree of independence, taking the lead on projects and sharing your findings with the larger team. Working closely with other scientists, project developers, MRV partners, and academic collaborators, you’ll be part of a team turning the promise of OAE as a scalable, low-cost, and permanent method of carbon removal into a reality.
What you’ll do
- Develop and validate hydrodynamic, sediment transport, and water quality models for near-shore coastal enhanced weathering deployment sites
- Develop statistical/empirical and mechanistic models to simulate the dissolution of alkaline minerals and release of alkalinity
- Develop cost-effective and scalable Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) methodologies for near-shore Coastal Enhanced Weathering deployments in sands and muds
- Use data from field trials to improve models, including data assimilation techniques
- Work alongside marine biogeochemists to develop deployment and monitoring strategies that ensure alkalinity dissolution, the avoidance of secondary precipitation, and ecological safety
- Evaluate prospective project sites and develop deployment and monitoring plans for those sites
- Participate in industry consortia to develop best practices and standards for applying ocean models to mCDR and MRV
- Engage with communities, interest groups, and government officials to educate and garner support for Coastal Enhanced Weathering as a CDR method
You should have
- PhD in Oceanography, Marine Science, Biogeochemistry, or a related field
- Deep understanding of coastal dynamics and sediment transport proc
Ephemeral is an equal opportunity employer.