We seek a distinguished scientist to lead a major expansion in Argonne’s research and modeling efforts in computational climate science, with a focus on developing the scientific and technological capabilities required for regional climate prediction.

The candidate is expected to provide leadership to laboratory climate science programs and serve as the laboratory's primary representative on climate change science to our sponsors and others. The selected candidate will also work with Argonne researchers and other partners to develop collaborative strategies using observations, innovative computational methods, and some of the world's most powerful high-performance computers. We expect that this leadership role, along with the candidate's individual research, will build a stronger computational climate program at Argonne.

Our goal is to improve scientific understanding of regional climate change. To achieve this goal, we envision a four-pronged approach:

• Develop a high-resolution climate model capable of addressing regional scales, validation, and uncertainty quantification.
• Build and maintain long-term observational capabilities for climate-related processes that reduce the high uncertainty in current climate model forecasts.
• Construct regionally focused climate datasets, climate model simulation outputs, and analytical and visualization tools for input to integrated assessments.
• Address important policy issues concerning adaptation and mitigation responses to climate change at the regional scale.