Posting Description

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, Materials Research Laboratory (MRL)-Materials Systems Lab (MSL), to conduct research on the economic and environmental aspects of materials systems.  Will work on the extraction, processing, and recovery of minerals related to the energy transition. The research will focus on several of the following topics: dynamic modeling of materials markets, consequential life cycle assessment methodology and development of methods to understand the implications of technology development on dynamics in materials supply chains, identification of the social characteristics associated with materials supply risk, and/or process-based cost modeling of materials systems. System and process models will be developed and applied in the research. The position will involve collaborating and interacting with faculty/postdoctoral associates/research sponsors and supervising undergraduate and graduate students.