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Solar System Exploration: Mars Organic Analysis and Curiosity's SAM Instrument
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Solar System Exploration: Mars Organic Analysis and Curiosity's SAM Instrument
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ORAU The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Curiosity rover incorporates a multi-column gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GCMS) that is used to analyze the composition of organic compounds released from rocks. In addition to GCMS experiments on compounds thermally released using evolved gas analysis (EGA) from powdered rocks and soils, SAM utilizes chemical derivatization and thermochemolysis techniques based on solvents and reagents sealed in several SAM cups. The objective is to conduct pyrolysis, GCMS, and derivatization and thermochemolysis studies on terrestrial analogues and Mars mineral and organic simulants using commercial GCMS systems, SAM breadboards, and a high fidelity SAM testbed. In addition, characterization is needed for a range of calibrants using the specific columns and experiment conditions used by the SAM experiment on Mars. Location:
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Field of Science:
Planetary Science Application Requirements: Research proposal Three letters of recommendation Official doctoral transcript documents Eligibility: U.S. Citizens U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR) Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status Questions about this opportunity?
Please email npp@orau.org Equal Employment Opportunity:
ORAU is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment.
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Solar System Exploration: Mars Organic Analysis and Curiosity's SAM Instrument
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ORAU The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Curiosity rover incorporates a multi-column gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GCMS) that is used to analyze the composition of organic compounds released from rocks. In addition to GCMS experiments on compounds thermally released using evolved gas analysis (EGA) from powdered rocks and soils, SAM utilizes chemical derivatization and thermochemolysis techniques based on solvents and reagents sealed in several SAM cups. The objective is to conduct pyrolysis, GCMS, and derivatization and thermochemolysis studies on terrestrial analogues and Mars mineral and organic simulants using commercial GCMS systems, SAM breadboards, and a high fidelity SAM testbed. In addition, characterization is needed for a range of calibrants using the specific columns and experiment conditions used by the SAM experiment on Mars. Location:
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Field of Science:
Planetary Science Application Requirements: Research proposal Three letters of recommendation Official doctoral transcript documents Eligibility: U.S. Citizens U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR) Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status Questions about this opportunity?
Please email npp@orau.org Equal Employment Opportunity:
ORAU is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment.
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