The PCC seeks applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar  to develop and conduct novel climate science research that would benefit from the expertise, cross-disciplinary interactions, and collaborative environment of the PCC community. We anticipate offering one Postdoctoral Scholar appointment in 2026. Applicant research proposals should demonstrate relevance to the areas of climate system science and/or climate solutions, broadly defined.

The Southern Ocean is a large part of the global carbon cycle and phytoplankton play a key role by converting CO2 to organic carbon, which can be transported to the deep ocean. Previous works examined phytoplankton presence and CO2 flux but didn’t take community species composition into account. 

Has paleoclimate genuinely changed our understanding of modern day climate?
With an animated pre-Summer Institute paper discussion this past August, my PhD journey at UW began.
Starting graduate school with an immersion in current thinking on paleoclimate via three days spent at Friday Harbor Laboratories attending the Summer Institute felt fitting.