Contact

Get in touch with the BuckAI Observatory

Director

๐Ÿ‘ค Joachim Moortgat
Professor & Director, BuckAI Observatory
School of Earth Sciences, OSU
โ˜Ž (614) 688-2140
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Mendenhall Laboratory, Office 303
275 S. Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210

Observatory

๐Ÿ”ญ The BuckAI Observatory is housed within the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University, with facilities in Mendenhall Laboratory.
โœ‰ General inquiries: moortgat.1@osu.edu

Prospective Students, Postdocs & Collaborators

I am always interested in hearing from motivated PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with backgrounds in machine learning, computer vision, remote sensing, computational geosciences, numerical mathematics, or astrophysics. The BuckAI Observatory works at the intersection of AI and the natural and mathematical sciences โ€” if you are excited about applying deep learning to large scientific datasets to address real research challenges, I would love to hear from you.

Current openings are particularly in coastal bathymetry via physics-informed AI, satellite-based monitoring of deforestation and agroforestry in Africa, and computational modeling of natural hydrogen reservoirs. Please send an email with your CV, a brief description of your research interests, and relevant code samples or publications.

OSU faculty interested in affiliating with the Observatory and accessing shared GPU infrastructure, data engineering support, and the BuckAI research community are also welcome to reach out.

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