University of Maryland College Park

The University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to study submesoscale processes in the ocean bottom boundary layer and separated topographic wakes. This will include work on interactions of internal waves with submesoscale flows in deep boundary currents, cross-scale energy transfers, and high-resolution process-study modeling to inform analysis of Lagrangian observations of submesoscale topographic wakes. A background in physical oceanography is required, with preference given to candidates with strong experience in ocean dynamics and numerical modeling. The position will be located in-person at the University of Maryland, College Park working with Jacob Wenegrat. There will also be opportunities for close collaboration with Leif Thomas (Stanford), and others through the ONR Researching Interior Ocean Trajectories (RIOT) Departmental Research Initiative.

A complete job posting can be found here: https://wenegrat.github.io/misc/SubmesoPostdocAd_UMD_March2026.pdf

More information on the UMD Ocean Dynamics group, including a group expectations document, is available online: http://wenegrat.github.io/. Questions may be directed to Prof. Jacob Wenegrat (wenegrat@umd.edu).