Postdoctoral Research Associate – Multimodal & Graph AI for Earth Systems

The MUSE research cluster at Rice University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to pioneer multi-domain Graph Neural Networks and Foundation Models for Earth system modeling, state estimation, and forecasting. This on-site role focuses on developing reusable, scale-adaptive, graph-based foundation architectures to learn unified representations across diverse Earth science testbeds, including hydrology, flood dynamics, and earthquake processes. The position involves integrating multimodal Earth observations, incorporating physical constraints into machine learning models, and quantifying predictive uncertainties across interconnected Earth domains.