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 domains like hydrology, flood dynamics, and earthquake processes. The position involves creating physics-informed models that infer hidden Earth states and quantify predictive uncertainties while collaborating with interdisciplinary faculty teams.