Postdoctoral researcher in AI for Climate - Surrogate Multiscale Modeling (NYU Courant Institute School)

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Description We are seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher to join our team in building next-generation Foundation Models for Earth System Modeling at NYU Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science. In collaboration with Profs Carlos Fernandez-Granda, Joan Bruna, Laure Zanna, the successful candidate will focus on developing methods to capture and understand generalization in AI emulators, in particular for unseen regimes, including rare events. The postdoc will be expected to lead independent research directions while collaborating with a team comprising domain scientists, experts in climate physics and modeling, and AI experts, as part of the international project M2 LInES (https://m2lines.github.io) . You can read about some of our recent work here: Dheeshjith et al. 2025 , Duncan et al. 2025 , Pedersen et al. 2025 , Perezhogin et al. 2025 . The position, available immediately, is a full-time appointment, initially for one year, with the possibility of renewal for 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance and available funding. In compliance with NYU's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $62,500 - $94,000. NYU...