Employment Opportunities
Employment Opportunities
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Current Openings
Research Scientist
NPRE currently has an opening for a research scientist. The duties associated with the position are to support the research and development in the area of External Hazard (e.g., seismic, flood) Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) for nuclear power plants, including but not limited to: (a) development of advanced methodologies and full-scope implementation for industry applications; (b) assisting with the project management and proposal developments; and (c) communicating scientific advancements with stakeholders through a variety of outlets, webinars, presentations, and scientific publications, and d) prepare and submit research grants in collaboration with the team members in the SoTeRiA-IAP laboratory.
Postdoctoral Research Associates
- Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. Davide Curreli (Large-scale, high-performance computing particle-in-cell codes for fusion plasmas and plasma-material interaction applications)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (LWR accident tolerant fuel work)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (Physics and chemistry of molten salt)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. Caleb Brooks (Thermal hydraulics and safety of nuclear reactor systems; emerging opportunities related to micro-reactors)
Graduate Students
There are currently some openings in Prof. Yang Zhang's group. For other graduate student positions open within NPRE, please contact a faculty member in whose research you are interested, or contact Becky Meline, Coordinator of Academic Programs.