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'''The Role of Place and Scale on Effectiveness of Temporary Storage Areas for Surface Runoff Attenuation'''
This project addresses the need to understand where and at what scale land management could help to improve above and below ground storm water storage for managing floods. It integrates hydrology with soil science and will provide crucial steps for policy and practitioners to design and manage temporary water storage strategies within our landscapes.
We welcome applications from candidates with a background in a relevant subject (Hydrology, Soil Science, and Environmental Science). An enthusiasm to carry out field work, laboratory experiments and analysis combined with hydrological modelling is also required. A driving licence would be desirable. Full funding is available from the Scottish Government via the Hydro Nation Scholars Programme. Scholarships are awarded on competitive merit and the student will be located at either or both institutes in Aberdeen.
Application deadline is 6th January 2020 and shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in February 2020. For more information, follow: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/the-role-of-place-and-scale-on-effectiveness-of-temporary-storage-areas-for-surface-runoff-attenuation/?p115294 +
'''The UNICA research team is looking for a new colleague!'''<br>
We are looking for a Research Assistant to join our young and enthusiastic team.
'''Summary of the role:''' The successful applicants will be part of a project entitled: ” SWATCH : Strategies for increasing the WATer use efficiency of semi-arid Mediterranean watersheds and agrosilvopastoral systems under climate CHange ”. The overarching goal is to develop and apply innovative methodologies to increase the social-ecological water use efficiency of managed ecosystems along the Mediterranean biome and climate types also under climate change scenario.
'''The post will mainly include:''' 1) the ecohydrological monitoring of the evapotraspiration, CO2 flux and soil water balance at the experimental Sardinian sites, also using a micrometeorological eddy-covariance based tower and sap flux sensors; 2) the development and application of ecohydrologic model for the two experimental sites, 3) the development of land cover change strategies that optimize the water uses and increase system resilience also under future climate change scenarios. Experimental sites will be in the Flumendosa basin and Marganai forest, which is a Natura 2000 protected forest.
'''About you:''' The successful applicants will hold a PhD in Civil and Environmental engineering, Hydrology, Environmental sciences, Ecology (for applicants not holding the abovementioned academic qualification: Master’s Degree -7 level EQF – European Qualification Framework- in Civil and Environmental engineering, environmental sciences together with research and/or higher education grants and/or previous research contracts, for at least two even non continuative years). The applicants with suitable scientific and professional curriculum and a Master’s degree awarded for no more than two years in Civil and Environmental engineering, environmental sciences are admitted as well.
'''Workplace:''' Department of Environmental Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Cagliari (Italy), Via Marengo, 2 – 09123 Cagliari – ITALY.
'''The University of Cagliari''', founded in 1620, is a public state University with about 25,000 students and over 1,900 teaching and technical administrative staff. Cagliari is one of the most fascinating cities in Sardinia, the main cultural center of Sardinia and the most populated with about 160,000 inhabitants. It is located in the middle of the Gulf of Angels, across the southern slope of Sardinia. Numerous open air archaeological sites and unspoilt natural environments allow for unusual routes, rich in charm and beauty and vary between art and nature. Every season, thanks to its particularly mild weather, Cagliari allows visitors the chance to discover its architecture, archaeology and monuments, its ancient history as well as an opportunity to discover the influences that the various people who have inhabited. With some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, spring and summer offers the chance to take advantage of all the beachesand offers the chance to discover a beautifull natural environment.
'''Status:''' Full-time contract
'''Reports to:''' Prof. Nicola Montaldo
'''Desired start:''' November 2022
'''''Please send your applicationto to the following link (https://pica.cineca.it.) by 4 October 2022 included.'''''<br>
'''Further information'''
Please contact Sara Simona Cipolla, e-mail saras.cipolla@unica.it. Please, for the application refer to the following links where more information are also available. https://dirpersonale.unica.it/concorsi/UserFiles/Files/ASSEGNI%202022/MONTALDO_NICOLA_COD_46A/Bando%20Montaldo%20Inglese.pdf
https://swatchprima.com/we-are-hiring/
'''The Watershed Hydrology Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) is hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar to conduct watershed hydrology/critical zone research.''' This 2-3 year position is funded through a five year NSF CAREER grant (lead PI: Margaret Zimmer).
This research program will quantify how key hydrologic processes in hillslopes are controlled by the dynamic interactions between subsurface structure (e.g. depth to bedrock, porosity) and hydrologic forcings (e.g. precipitation amount and intensity). We seek a scientist with knowledge, experience, or interest in technical areas, including, but not limited to: critical zone characterization (e.g., borehole drilling, characterization, geophysics), hillslope hydrology and tracer experiments, ecohydrology, and transit time distribution modelling. The ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative team setting and is interested in contributing to and supporting a vibrant and large lab environment.
The UCSC Watershed Hydrology Lab is motivated to maintain a productive, diverse, and inclusive lab environment and we encourage applicants from under-represented groups to consider this program. In addition, UC Santa Cruz has several initiatives to help foster a welcoming environment for all (e.g. FirstGen Initiative, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion).
The UCSC Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is regularly ranked in the top 15-20 Earth Sciences department in the country. The campus is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, overlooking Monterey Bay, a national marine sanctuary.
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Dr. Margaret Zimmer via email at margaret.zimmer ‘at’ ucsc.edu with information on research experiences and interests, motivations to pursue this position, and career aspirations. Ideal start date is Winter or Spring 2022, but this is negotiable, so please provide information on preferred start date. Please include a current CV. More information about the Watershed Hydrology lab can be found on the lab website: http://mzimmer.weebly.com/.
More information on the NSF CAREER grant can be found on the NSF website: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2046957&HistoricalAwards=false.
'''The Zimmer Watershed Hydrology Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring a graduate student at the MS or PhD level''' to conduct critical zone hydrology research to understand how critical zone structure influences the fate of water in an oak savanna landscape at Blue Oak Ranch Reserve located in central coastal California.
Current projects in the Zimmer lab span from headwaters to the aquatic-terrestrial interface in coastal landscapes to better understand how water is routed and the ecological and biogeochemical implications of these pathways. We combine field, lab, and quantitative analyses to quantify rainfall-runoff relationships and surface water–groundwater interactions across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales. We seek a scientist with knowledge, experience, or interest in one or more of the following technical areas: Development and operation of field infrastructure to measure plant water use dynamics, development and operation of field infrastructure to monitor hillslope hydrologic flowpaths, ability to characterize and interpret subsurface weathering dynamics, and ability to work with programming languages such as R, Python, or MATLAB, or numerical modeling of hillslope to watershed scale hydrologic processes. The ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative team setting.
The Zimmer lab is motivated to maintain a productive, diverse, and inclusive lab environment and we encourage applicants from under-represented groups to consider this program. In addition, UC Santa Cruz has several initiatives to help foster a welcoming environment for all (e.g. FirstGen Initiative, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion).
The UC Santa Cruz Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is regularly ranked in the top 15-20 Earth Sciences department in the country. The campus is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, overlooking Monterey Bay, a national marine sanctuary.
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Dr. Margaret Zimmer at margaret.zimmer ‘at’ ucsc.edu with information on research experiences and interests, motivations to pursue this position, and career aspirations. Ideal start date is summer or fall 2023, but this is negotiable, so please provide information on preferred start date. Please include a current CV. More information about the Zimmer lab can be found on the Zimmer lab website (http://mzimmer.weebly.com/).
Dr. Margaret Zimmer<br>
(she/her/hers)<br>
Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology<br>
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department<br>
University of California, Santa Cruz<br>
'''Three Open Topic Positions'''<br>
Center on Persuasive Systems for Wise Adaptive living (PERSWADE) is seeking outstanding
PhD candidates who have transdisciplinary background and are passionate about turning
scientific knowledge into action.
The research can focus on one of the following topics, depending on your interests and skills:
Systems of systems, network of networks – how uncertainty propagates across scales
in systems?
* Dynamics of public opinion in a changing environment – how analyzing social media
we can understand behavior and preferences and how can we influence them?
* Standards and documentation ‐‐ how do we make our models and modeling process
(including participatory modeling) reproducible, how can we learn from it, and how
can we make such standards adopted by the modeling community?
* Networks and cascades of power – if the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, how
can the system change?
* Optimization of socio‐technical systems – what can we achieve if behavior change is
one of the control parameters, which can be changed along with design and
performance of supply systems?
Particular applications will be tailored to the interests and passions of the student, but will be
concerned with such topics as resource scarcity, climate change, food security, energy
efficiency, health and healthcare, etc.
'''Two Thematic PhD Positions'''<br>
PhD1 ‘Disasters and urbanization’: Natural disasters impact individuals, communities and
cities across Australia on a regular basis. Bushfires, storms and floods may have catastrophic
consequences, especially in urban and sub‐urban areas with high density of population and
properties. The growing frequency and severity of these hazards and the booming population
trends call for smart urban expansion strategies, which support socio‐economic resilience and
minimize expected losses. Engagement of various stakeholders and search for synergies
between private and public adaptation actions becomes central in the agenda of the
Australian government, calling for the development of economic tools to quantify the impact of adaptation actions at various levels. While individual level actions – such as purchasing
insurance, hazard‐proofing a house and relocating to a safer place – reduce expected
damages and improve resilience, this autonomous adaptation has limits. To be able to assess
where these limits are, how they change over time, and how public policies can enhance
autonomous adaptation, we need to quantify aggregated impacts of autonomous adaptation.
This PhD project will develop a computational spatial agent‐based model that traces the
impacts of public and private adaptation to climate‐driven hazards. This simulation model will serve as an aggregation vehicle to trace changes in damages across scales as individuals and
communities dynamically adapt to natural hazards. We focus on the impact on the housing
sector since losses to real estate constitute the largest share of the direct damage from
catastrophic events such as bushfires, storms and floods.
'''PhD2 ‘Housing bubbles and economic expectations’:''' Housing markets are vital in supporting and redistributing wealth. Given unprecedented urbanization one could expect increase in property and land prices that potentially undermine inequality. At the same time, housing markets are known to experience sudden crashes raising the question about macro and microeconomic forces shaping economic bubbles. Price expectations of heterogenous economic agents and their interactions along the economic and social networks drive markets dynamics from the bottom up. At the same time, macroeconomic cycles also influence the housing sector. This PhD project will develop computational agent‐based models to study economy as an adaptive complex system, focusing on housing markets in particular.
See also attached.
'''Tier 1 Canada Research Chair Opportunity in Global Geospatial Intelligence for Earth Systems Modeling, Faculty of Science'''
The University of Calgary is expanding and investing in high quality water resources research programs and internationally recognized researchers studying in the water resources field. This particular opportunity is uniquely positioned at the intersection of Computer Science and Earth Science, within the Faculty of Science. The home department of the successful candidate to be determined through the interview and candidate negotiation process. We are actively seeking a diverse array of applicants and encourage applications.
https://careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/8295439-canada-research-chair-tier-i-in-global-geospatial-intelligence-for-earth-systems-modeling-faculty-of-science +
'''Title:''' M.S. Position, Crop Water Use and Groundwater Depletion Forecasting
'''Description:''' The Kansas Geological Survey/University of Kansas (Sam Zipper) is seeking a M.S. student for a NASA-funded effort to develop better within-season yield and water use forecasting tools. The position will involve data assimilation of near-real-time evapotranspiration data into crop models to improve subseasonal forecast skill, and work with agricultural producers and organizations to better understand water use decision heuristics. The project will focus on northwestern Kansas with potential connections to Colorado and Nebraska.
'''More details and to apply:''' https://www.samzipper.com/join/
'''Application Review Begins:''' 15 October 2022 +
'''Title:''' Modelling of the Critical Zone within the French Critical Zone Observatories network<br>
'''Duration of the contract:''' 1 year (renewable to 2 years)<br>
'''Starting date of the contract:''' April 2019<br>
'''Gross salary:''' 2400-2600€ per month, according to qualification<br>
'''Location:''' The supervision of the work will be performed by the leaders of OZCAR WP2 “Data-model interface” and the postdoc will be located either in Paris, either in Lyon, according to the candidate profile.
'''Context:'''<br>
The French OZCAR (Critical Zone Observatories- Application and Research) Research Infrastructure gathers observatories monitoring various compartments of the critical zone and encompass disciplines such as hydrology, hydrogeology, cryosphere studies, land-surface-atmosphere exchanges, peatlands. It gathers several hundreds of researchers, engineers and technicians sampling very instrumented sites. Modelling is a suitable tool to check the consistency of the data and to extend the knowledge acquired in the experimental sites to other sites. It also offers a suitable background for interdisciplinary thinking and the coupling of various processes, studied independently by various disciplines. It also allows comparative studies between instrumented sites in different geological and hydro-climatic contexts. +
'''Two Positions Available''' ''(And neither one is a professor or a grad student)''
Our group is currently taking applications for a full-time water resource engineer, and we will soon be accepting applications for our summer engineering intern program for summer 2022. Read on for more information about the company, our group, and the two positions we will be hiring soon.
Idaho Power (https://www.idahopower.com/) headquartered in vibrant Boise, Idaho – is one of the few investor-owned electric utilities in the country that makes a significant portion of its power from hydro-electricity. With 17 low-cost hydroelectric projects as the core of our energy mix, our 590,000 residential, business and agricultural customers pay some of the nation’s lowest prices for electricity. And this core has allowed us to set an ambitious goal of 100% clean energy by 2045.
The River Engineering Group within Idaho Power works around this hydro-electric infrastructure to provide detailed analysis of flows, hydraulics, sediment transport, bank erosion, and aquatic habitat in the rivers and reservoirs. This work extends from multibeam echosounder (MBES) surveys of Fall Chinook Spawning areas, Terrestrial LiDAR scans (TLS) of sandbars and gravel bars, drone surveys of tributary debris flow events, velocity mapping around island restoration projects, and 1 and 2 dimensional hydraulic modeling throughout the Snake River system. The group is currently focused on the Snake River Stewardship program that requires large-scale instream construction for temperature mitigation, the Hells Canyon Complex (HCC) Sediment project that informs the current FERC relicensing of the HCC project, and providing technical support, modeling and mapping to the Dam Safety program. We also ride jetboats in Class IV rapids in Hells Canyon. And scuba dive with sturgeon!
'''Full-Time Engineer Position (Apply until October 17th)'''<br>
We are looking for an outgoing team member who wants to split their time between the office (modeling, coding, and analyzing data) and the field (surveying above and below the water in the river and reservoirs). We use cutting edge tools to answer interesting questions that have real-world impact. We actively engage with the scientific community through conferences and publications.
In addition to the meaningful work we do, we offer work-life balance, competitive pay and benefits, and both a 401k employer-match and a pension plan, making Idaho Power one of the best employers in the state. Read that again! A 401k AND a pension.
More information on the position details, requirements, and application links can be found on the Idaho Power Careers Page: HERE Application period closes October 17th.
If you have questions, or require assistance or accommodation to complete the online application, please contact us at: Phone: 208-388-2965 or Email: jobs@idahopower.com
'''2022 Summer Internship Program (Apply from October 27th -November 10th)'''<br>
This internship program provides students the opportunity to improve their basic work skills, test career choices, develop professional competencies, and witness classroom theories and principles being applied in real-world situations. For this role, the ideal candidate will be currently enrolled in an accredited program as a sophomore, junior, or non-graduating senior status. The internship generally lasts three to four months, beginning in May/June and ending in August/September, depending on the student’s school schedule. Pay is $22/hour.
The Water Resources and Planning intern will work with the River Engineering (RE), Stream Gaging (SG), and Operations Hydrology (OH) groups on collecting field data and then applying it to the practical applications of managing hydropower resources. The Intern will assist the RE group in data collection and analysis of river and reservoir hydraulics and processes. The work will include hydraulic modeling, collecting bathymetric, topographic, substrate, river discharge, and velocity data, plus monitoring sediment processes within the river system. This information will be used to evaluate flow characteristics, and the erosion and deposition of sediment within the river and reservoirs and potential construction projects. The intern will also assist the Stream Gaging group in making discharge measurements using a variety of acoustic Doppler instruments and methodologies. The data collected by the Stream Gaging group is used to calculate near real time flow indications for Idaho Power’s operations and forecasting using our hydrologic database tools. The Intern may assist the OH group with evaluating hydrologic models within IPC's hydro-forecasting system, including rainfall-runoff models, groundwater models, and models of reservoir regulation. The Intern may also assist in the field collection of and analysis of groundwater data to quantify groundwater movement and aquifer characteristics. Projects with the various groups will be a mix of field data collection, data analysis, and numeric modeling that will provide the Intern a breadth of experience across the water resource discipline.
More information on the internship program details, requirements, and application links will be available at www.idahopower.com/careers from October 27th to November 10th.
If you have questions, or require assistance or accommodation to complete the online application, please contact us at: Phone: 208-388-2965 or Email: jobs@idahopower.com
'''Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences'''<br>
Uppsala University is a comprehensive research-intensive university with a strong international standing. Our ultimate goal is to conduct education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a long-term difference in society. Our most important assets are all the individuals whose curiosity and dedication make Uppsala University one of Sweden’s most exciting workplaces. Uppsala University has over 45,000 students, more than 7,000 employees and a turnover of around SEK 7 billion.
The Department of Earth Sciences (http://www.geo.uu.se/) is one of the most complete such academic departments in Europe. Our research focuses on subjects that range from the Earth’s core to the atmosphere, on scales from sub-microscopic structures in minerals to the formation of mountains and oceans. We have teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels. Our courses offer a wide range within the geoscience area and several of the department's programs have received the highest rating in evaluations by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education and the Swedish Higher Education Authority.
The successful candidate will join the research program Air, Water and Landscape Sciences, at the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. In addition, the position has connections to other closely related programs, such as Geophysics and Mineralogy, petrology and tectonics.
'''Description of Subject Area:''' The position has a focus in geohydrology coupled to other processes such as seismicity (induced by fluid injection) and rock mechanical and thermal phenomena.
'''Duties:'''
* Teaching, research and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration and supervision of second- and third-cycle students in Earth Science and in the civil engineering program Environment and Water Technology.
* Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the University.
* The position may come to include administrative duties within the faculty.
'''Qualifications Required:'''
* PhD in relevant Earth Sciences discipline such as geohydrology, rock mechanics, geophysics, or in petroleum or water resources engineering or related field.
Research Expertise and Teaching Expertise. It is necessary that the pedagogical skills, the research expertise and the professional skills are relevant to the content of the employment and the tasks that will be included in the employment.
* Applicants must have completed teacher training of relevance to operations at the University, comprising ten weeks, or have acquired the equivalent knowledge. If special circumstances apply, this training for teachers in higher education may be completed during the first two years of employment.
* Documented ability to teach in Swedish or English is a requirement unless special reasons prevail.
* The holder is expected to be able to teach in Swedish within two years.
* Personal capabilities necessary to carry out fully the duties of the appointment.
'''Assessment Criteria/Ranking of applicants that fulfil the above-mentioned qualifications required'''
The ranking of eligible applicants will be based primarily on research and teaching expertise, of which of which weight will be primarily given to research expertise.
'''Research Expertise comprises research merits.''' In addition to academic merits, research merits from other activities, including technology development, may also be taken into account including research merits obtained outside the academy, which includes for example technology development and innovation ability. In assessing research expertise research quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of research, primarily in regard to depth and breadth, must also be afforded consideration. In assessing research expertise, special weight will be attached to research merits and demonstrated experience in geohydrology in the context of coupled processes, such as coupled hydro-mechanical processes, including modeling and model development of them. Experience in experimental studies, in field and laboratory measurement techniques and interpretation of measurement data is also a merit.
Candidates need not only to have interest in related applications to important energy or climatic related problems facing the society today, but also a long-term vision in the development of the scientific field of coupling deep hydrogeology to related geoscientific disciplines.
Furthermore, consideration must be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead, and develop research and education in the third cycle, the ability to acquire funding for research in competition, as well as the demonstrated capacity to interact with others both within academia and in the wider community.
'''Teaching Expertise comprises educational and teaching qualifications.''' This expertise can have been achieved outside the academy through supervision, internal training, mentoring programs, etc. In assessing teaching expertise teaching quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, must also be afforded consideration. Special consideration will be put on teaching experience in the areas of hydrology, geohydrology and geohydrological modeling, fluid mechanics, and rock/soil mechanics. Experience in teaching in hydrological/mechanical technical systems and field observations is also a merit. Supervision and examination of student projects and final essays is meriting.
Furthermore, consideration must be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead, and develop teaching and instruction, as well as the ability to connect research to teaching in respect to research in the subject at hand, subject didactics, as well as teaching and learning in higher education. The ability to interact concerning issues of teaching and learning in higher education with actors inside and outside the University is also included in teaching expertise.
'''Administrative Expertise''' is important for the employment and will be given consideration. Administrative expertise is demonstrated, for example, through the capacity to plan, organize, and prioritize work in an efficient and task-related manner as well as through the ability to assign and observe time frames. Expertise includes overall operational planning and the capacity to manage resources in a way that reflects operational priorities as well as the ability to work in a structured manner based on an awareness of goals and quality. Administrative expertise also includes entrepreneurship.
'''Management Expertise''' is important and will be afforded consideration.
'''Collaboration Expertise''' is important and will be afforded consideration. Collaborative expertise is demonstrated by the ability and skill of planning, organizing and implementing interaction with the surrounding community. Other examples of collaboration are patent applications, commercialization and industrial cooperation.
All merits must be documented in a manner that makes it possible to assess both quality and scope.
In filling this position the university aims to appoint the applicant who, following a qualitative holistic assessment of her/his competence and expertise, is judged to have the best potential to carry out and develop the relevant duties and to help advance operations.
'''Further information:''' An applicant who is offered an employment as Associate Professor can be promoted to Professor if he/she has applied for this, is qualified for such a post, and moreover has been deemed suitable on the basis of the specific criteria established by the faculty board.
In an overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, parental leave, part-time work relating to care of children, union assignments, military service, or the like are to be regarded as work experience.
University appointment regulations (https://regler.uu.se/document/?contentId=92570)
Faculty appointment regulations (https://regler.uu.se/document/?contentId=657462)
Instructions for application (https://teknat.uu.se/digitalAssets/395/c_395576-l_1-k_instructions-applications.pdf)
'''For further information about the position, please contact:'''
Professor Auli Niemi, tel +46 709 10 8887,auli.niemi@geo.uu.se auli.niemi@geo.uu.se,
Veijo Pohjola, veijo.pohjola@geo.uu.se, head of programme
Rickard Pettersson, rickard.pettersson@geo.uu.se, director of studies
'''Salary:''' Individually negotiated salary.
'''Starting date:''' As soon as possible or as otherwise agreed.
'''Type of employment:''' Permanent full-time position.
'''Scope of employment:''' 100 %
'''Please submit your application by 15 of October, UFV-PA 2021/2826.'''
In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.
If you are an international candidate, you will find a lot of information about working and living in Sweden at www.uu.se/joinus (http://www.uu.se/joinus).
'''Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences'''<br>
Uppsala University is a comprehensive research-intensive university with a strong international standing. Our ultimate goal is to conduct education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a long-term difference in society. Our most important assets are all the individuals whose curiosity and dedication make Uppsala University one of Sweden’s most exciting workplaces. Uppsala University has over 45,000 students, more than 7,000 employees and a turnover of around SEK 7 billion.
The Department of Earth Sciences is one of the most complete such academic departments in Europe. Our research focuses on subjects that range from the Earth’s core to the atmosphere, on scales from sub-microscopic structures in minerals to the formation of mountains and oceans. We have teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels. Our courses offer a wide range within the geoscience area and several of the department's programs have received the highest rating in evaluations by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket) and the Swedish Higher Education Authority (Universitetskanslersämbetet). Please see more at www.geo.uu.se (http://www.geo.uu.se/).
The successful candidate will join the research program Air, Water and Landscape Science, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. A strong engagement with the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS) is also envisaged.
'''Description of subject area of the employment:''' The position has a focus in surface water hydrology with emphasis on modelling and analysis of hydrological processes, extremes, risks and human-water interactions.
'''Duties:''' The position involves teaching, research and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration and supervision of second- and third-cycle students. Teaching includes courses with a hydrological focus within the Bachelor's program in Earth Sciences, the Master's programs in Earth Sciences as well as the master's program in Environment and Water Engineering. The holder shall also follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university.
'''Qualifications Required:'''
* PhD in hydrology, environmental analysis, water resources management or related fields. Applicants who have obtained a PhD degree or achieved the equivalent competence in five years or less prior to the end of the application period will be given priority.
* Research Expertise and Teaching Expertise. It is necessary that the pedagogical skills, the research expertise and the professional skills are relevant to the content of the employment and the tasks that will be included in the employment.
* Applicants should have completed teacher training of relevance to operations at the University, comprising five weeks, or have acquired the equivalent knowledge. If special circumstances apply, this training for teachers in higher education may be completed during the first two years of employment.
* Documented ability to teach in Swedish or English is a requirement unless special reasons prevail. The holder is expected to be able to teach in Swedish within two years.
* Personal capabilities necessary to carry out fully the duties of the appointment.
Assessment Criteria/Ranking of applicants that fulfil the above-mentioned qualifications required
'''The ranking of eligible applicants will be based primarily on research and teaching expertise, of which of which weight will be primarily given to research expertise.'''
'''Research Expertise''' comprises research merits as well as the applicant´s potential to contribute to the future development of both research and teaching. In assessing research expertise research quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of research, primarily in regard to depth and breadth, must also be afforded consideration. In assessing research expertise special weight will be attached to research merits in water-related hazards, such as floods or droughts. Experience in hydrological modelling and GIS analysis of remote sensing data is a merit.
'''Teaching Expertise comprises educational and teaching qualifications.''' In assessing teaching expertise teaching quality must be the prime consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, must also be afforded consideration. In assessing teaching expertise special weight will be attached to merits in the field of environmental analysis, surface water hydrology, fluid mechanics and hydrological measurement techniques. Experience of teaching in hydrological engineering is desirable. Supervision and examination of master and degree projects are meritorious.
All merits must be documented in a manner that makes it possible to assess both quality and scope.
In filling this position the university aims to appoint the applicant who, following a qualitative holistic assessment of her/his competence and expertise, is judged to have the best potential to carry out and develop the relevant duties and to help advance operations.
'''Further information''' In an overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, parental leave, part-time work relating to care of children, union assignments, military service, or the like are to be regarded as work experience.
University appointment regulations (http://regler.uu.se/document/?contentId=92570)
Faculty appointment regulations (https://regler.uu.se/document/?contentId=657462)
Instructions for application (https://teknat.uu.se/digitalAssets/395/c_395576-l_1-k_instructions-applications.pdf)
'''Salary:''' Individually negotiated salary.
'''Starting date:''' 2022-08-01 or as otherwise agreed.
'''Type of position:''' Permanent full-time position.
'''Number of positions:''' at least 1
'''Working hours:''' 100%
'''For further information about the position, please contact:'''
Prof. Giuliano Di Baldassarre, giuliano.dibaldassarre@geo.uu.se,
Prof. Veijo Pohjola, veijo.pohjola@geo.uu.se, head of the research program Air, Water and Landscape Science,
Rickard Pettersson, rickard.pettersson@geo.uu.se, director of studies.
'''Please submit your application by 22 of September, UFV-PA 2021/2825.'''
In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.
If you are an international candidate, you will find a lot of information about working and living in Sweden at www.uu.se/joinus (http://www.uu.se/joinus).
See also: https://uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:413686/type:job/where:4/apply:1
'''Water Resources Engineering Postdoctoral and Graduate student positions available'''
The Ecohydraulics Laboratory at the University of Central Florida in Orlando is seeking to fill Postdoctoral and Ph.D./M.Sc. student positions to support research focused at how feedbacks between hydrodynamics and biota (mangroves, seagrasses, marsh grasses, oyster reefs) influence sediment transport and geomorphic processes. Successful candidates will combine field data collection and experimentation, lab experimentation in a sediment recirculating flume, and modeling to support fundamental science in flow-biota-sediment interaction, with direct applications to robust design of green infrastructure. Positions are available from Summer/Fall 2021, but Spring 2022 may also be possible. The Kibler Ecohydraulics Lab fosters inclusion and diversity and particularly welcomes applications from students currently under-represented in the Engineering field.
For Graduate Research Assistantship positions:<br>
Graduate positions are full funding for 4-year Ph.D. degree or 2-year M.Sc. degree in Civil or Water Resources Engineering.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
* B.Sc. and/or M.Sc. degree in Water Resources, Civil, Environmental, Biological or Ecological Engineering, or in a related area (Hydrology, Geomorphology, Marine or other relevant Earth Sciences) from an accredited institution.
* Quantitative background (coursework and professional or research experience) in water resources, hydrology/hydraulics. Experience with coding and analysis (preferably in MATLAB).
* Interest or relevant experience in hydrodynamics and sediment transport.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills. Prior record of published scholarly work, presentation of research results. For Ph.D. student applicants, Master’s thesis and/or journal publication is a plus.
* Field experience in aquatic environments (boating experience a plus).
* Willingness to be a team player. Please see details here: http://ecohydraulics.weebly.com/join-us.html
APPLICATION PROCEDURE<br>
Applicants to Graduate student positions must apply and be accepted to UCF’s Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering. Applicants interested in being considered for this assistantship should complete their application by the priority deadlines for Fall (July 1, 2021) or Spring admission and should contact Dr. Kibler ahead of time.
If you plan to apply, please send a CV and writing sample (preferably work on which you are the first author) to Dr. Kelly Kibler at kelly.kibler@ucf.edu.
For Postdoctoral position:<br>
The postdoctoral position is conceived nominally as a 2-year position, with review after 1 year, and with possibility of continued support pending satisfactory progress and funding availability.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS – Postdoctoral position
* Ph.D. degree in Water Resources, Civil, Environmental, Biological or Ecological Engineering, or in a related area (Hydrology, Geomorphology, Marine or other relevant Earth Sciences) from an accredited institution.
* Interest or relevant experience in sediment transport, hydrodynamics.
Strong quantitative background (both coursework and professional or research experience).
* Coding and analysis of timeseries data (in MATLAB, Python), numerical modelling experience (e.g. SWAN, Delft 3D).
* Excellent oral and written communication skills. Prior record of published scholarly work, especially first-author journal publication.
* Experience designing and implementing field and/or lab experimentation in aquatic environments (boating experience a plus).
* Experience calibrating and deploying sensors (turbidity, ADCP, ADV).
* Ability to meet project deadlines and willingness to be a team player. Please see details here: http://ecohydraulics.weebly.com/join-us.html
APPLICATION PROCEDURE<br>
Applicants to the Postdoctoral position should send CV and writing sample (preferably work on which you are the first author) to Dr. Kelly Kibler at kelly.kibler@ucf.edu.
Kelly Kibler<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Water Resources Engineering<br>
Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology<br>
University of Central Florida<br>
Department of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering and<br>
National Center for Integrated Coastal Research<br>
office: Engineering II, 442H<br>
'''We are looking to fill PhD and PostDoc positions, University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy)'''<br>
for the project
'''Alpine bedload transport trends under rapid climate change (ALTROCLIMA)'''
ALTROCLIMA is a three-year project funded jointly by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Autonomous Province of the South Tyrol (Italy). It will support two PhD students based at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and a research assistant and a post-doctoral researcher at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. The project is co-directed by Professor Stuart Lane (Lausanne) and Professor Francesco Comiti (Bozen-Bolzano), and involves a number of project partners in Switzerland and Italy.
'''Project aims and objectives'''
Alpine landscapes are experiencing climate warming at rates higher than other regions of the world. Globally, impacts of warming on the cryosphere are evident in all mountain regions including permafrost degradation; rates of mass movement (rockfalls, debris flows, landslides) at higher altitudes; river flows; and terrestrial/ aquatic ecosystems. Predictions of changing snow/ice cover are available to the end of the 21st century and there are attempts to couple climate change to river flow in Alpine landscapes including correct treatment of the cryosphere. How bedload transport will evolve under these drivers is much less well-established despite the important environmental significance of bedload for the ecological functioning of Alpine streams and for its potential hazard to Alpine communities. There are only a few decadal-scale records of bedload transport in mountain basins and almost no studies coupling such records to changing river basin function, historically or in terms of predictions. Such analysis must consider the balance between climate-driven changes in bedload supply (S) and bedload transport capacity (C); but also the feedbacks that follow when SC, such as sediment sorting processes when S<C. It is challenging because bedload transport is exceptionally difficult to measure and globally, unlike other measures of environmental change, we have very few instrumented sites worldwide for bedload transport monitoring extending to more than a decade of observations.
'''Aims and objectives:''' The core aim of this project is to understand and to predict how rapid climate warming has and will impact bedload transport in Alpine environments at the centennial timescale. The objectives are; O1 to provide the first reliable, multi-site quantification in Alpine environments of how bedload transport is changing under warming; O2 to determine the relative role of landscape-scale processes in driving estimated bedload export in the analyzed basins; O3 to establish an appropriate modelling framework for predicting glacier and hillslope bedload supply to the river network using evidence from O1 and O2; O4 to calibrate and to validate of a predictive model for representing bedload flux through the drainage network supported by data from O3; and O5 to provide the first predictions of Alpine bedload transport under future climate considering changes in both supply and capacity.
'''Methods:''' Using an innovative method for analyzing the bedload flushing records provided by high altitude Alpine water intakes we will reconstruct bedload export for more than 60 Alpine basins with varying glacier cover for the Swiss Alps and South Tyrol (O1). We will combine these within-basin reconstructed erosion and deposition patterns and connectivity analyses to explain the changes found in O1 (O2). Using results from O2 we will identify and test against O1 the relative merits of stochastic and physically-based models of subglacial and hillslope bedload delivery to the river network (O3). We will integrate these models to generate network-scale predictions of bedload transport under climate change with relative uncertainty (O4).
'''Expected results and impact:''' The research will produce the first decadal-scale multi-site quantification of how bedload transport has changed in Alpine environments due to climate warming and why. It will provide the first predictions with uncertainty of how Alpine bedload transport might evolve under 21st century climate change. The associated understanding and predictions will not only be of academic value but also of importance for water resource managers (including hydropower companies and national/local flood mitigation agencies) in Alpine regions.
'''Appointments to be made'''
All appointees will be jointly supervised by Stuart Lane and Francesco Comiti. The team will work together closely in the field, but also in terms of exchanging ideas, data and co-authoring research outputs. There will be frequent project meetings rotating between Lausanne and Bozen-Bolzano.
'''PhD1 : University of Lausanne, Switzerland'''
'''Project :''' Reconstruction of high-altitude bedload transport histories using hydropower flushing records addressing Objective 1 above. '''If you wish to apply, please contact Stuart Lane (stuart.lane@unil.ch) for further information by 31st October 2022'''
'''PhD2 : University of Lausanne, Switzerland'''
'''Project :''' Geomorphological historical analysis of basin-scale geomorphic processes related to bedload transport addressing Objective 2 above. '''If you wish to apply, please contact Stuart Lane (stuart.lane@unil.ch) for further information 31st October 2022'''
'''Post-doctoral researcher : Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy'''
'''Project :''' Development of modelling strategies for forecasting bedload transport within mountain stream networks (in collaboration with Prof. Simone Bizzi, University of Padua), addressing Objective 4 above. They will be supported by a full-time research assistant addressing primarily objective 3. '''If you wish to apply, please contact Francesco Comiti (francesco.comiti@unibz.it) by 31st October 2022'''
'''Host Universities'''
The appointees to the University of Lausanne will join the group AlpWISE (Alpine Water, Sediment Ice and Ecology http://wp.unil.ch/alpenv/) in the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland (www.unil.ch/idyst). The appointee will join eight PhD students and one post-doc all working on ice, river hydraulics, sediment transport and ecosystem related research in mountain catchments. The post-doctoral position at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano will join the group RBG (River Basin Group, https://rbg.groups.unibz.it/) at the Faculty of Science and Technology. The candidate appointed will a group of 1 research assistant, 3 PhD students, 2 post-docs and one researcher working in Bolzano on hydrological and sediment transport dynamics in high-elevation catchments. Also, the post-doc will work in close collaboration with Prof. Simone Bizzi, at the Dept. Geosciences of the University of Padova.
Prof Dr Stuart Lane stuart.lane@unil.ch<br>
Group AlpWISE : www.unil.ch/alpenv<br>
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics<br>
Faculté des géosciences et l'environnement,<br>
Université de Lausanne<br>
Bureau 3207, Batiment Géopolis, Quartier Mouline,<br>
CH1015 LAUSANNE, Suisse<br>
'''We are opening a 2-year position for a Postdoctoral researcher'''
for research on creating and fusion of digital twins of river basins. We are looking for a talented and motivated Postdoctoral scientist dedicated to combining high resolution field research (high frequency sensors, 3D lidar mapping, etc), multi-scale environmental data and data fusion analysis. Work is led by assistant processor Hannu Marttila as part of Hydrology and Water Quality -research group.
'''Job description'''<br>
You will work on research tasks in a Green-Digi-Basin project funded by Academy of Finland and linked to National Freshwater Competence Center Hydro-RDI-network (https://hydrordi.com/). Hydro-RDI is a consortium formed by the University of Turku, University of Oulu, the Finnish Environment Institute, Aalto University and Finnish Geospatial institute besides several private companies. Hydro-RDI gathers the highest competence in hydrological Research, Development, and Infrastructure in Finland. It is funded by the Academy of Finland through three projects: The Hydro-RDI network, Hydro – RI platform and the Green-Digi-Basin. Education, Infrastructure, Research, Development, and Innovation within Hydro-RDI is shared among all partners.
'''What we expect'''<br>
The objective of the Green-Digi-Basin project is to create highly accurate thematic digital replicas of the river basins, called Digital Twins. The Digital Twins will help measure, model and predict environmental change and human impact, in order to develop and test scenarios that would support sustainable development, and digital and green transition in river basin management. The successful candidate will join the team formed from several national institutes and develop different components in river basin Digital Twins, namely physical parametrizations of land, hydrology and river processes. Major emphasis will be on the data fusion and assimilation of various high resolution data sets and improving the modelling of these aspects at high-resolution to enable a more realistic representation of the real world.
Apply from: https://rekry.saima.fi/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=1&id=000012675&lang=fi
Best Regards,<br>
Hannu Marttila<br>
Hydrologist, Hydrology and Water Quality -group leader<br>
Water, Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Unit<br>
University of Oulu, Finland<br>
'''We have two open PhD positions at Uppsala University. Please feel free to share with interested candidates, or click on the links below to apply.'''
Best regards, <br>
Thomas Grabs<br>
Assoc. Prof<br>
Dept. of Earth Sciences<br>
Uppsala University<br>
Two PhD positions in wetland restoration with focus on hydrology (https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=606731) or ecology (https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=592270)
at Uppsala University
We are seeking two highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our team in a new wetland (peatland) rewetting project. The successful candidates will be responsible for conducting research either on the
(1)Hydrology of wetlands (peatlands; https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=606731), or on the
(2) Ecology and water biogeochemistry of wetlands (peatlands; https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=592270).
The goals are to quantify the effects of rewetting on water quality and hydrologic variables such as flow and storage, and to understand to what extent such effects are controlled by vegetation, wetland characteristics, and time since rewetting. The projects will include field work across Sweden, data analysis and modeling, and collaborating with other researchers and stakeholders in an international team.
To apply, please click on the links below*. Deadline April 17, 2023.
Peatland hydroloy: Click here: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=606731
Contact: Thomas.Grabs@geo.uu.se, Dep of Earth Sciences, UU
Peatland ecology and water biogeochemistry: Click here: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=592270
Contact: Gustaf.Granath@ebc.uu.se, Dep of Ecology and Genetics, UU
We offer:
* A supportive and collaborative research environment
* Access to state-of-the-art research facilities and equipment
* Opportunities for professional development and teaching
* 4 year paid position
'''Important:''' ''Applications can only be submitted through the university application system. Please do not send your application documents by email.''
'''What You Will Do'''<br>
Put your hydrology talents to good use by joining our world-class R&D team! The Earth System Observations Group in the Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has an opening for a summer intern with experience in hydrology or geomorphology and python. You will work as part of the Atmosphere, Climate, and Ecosystem Sciences team to conduct an analysis of temporal variability in river delta surface hydrology and contribute to our understanding of transport pathways and nutrient cycling in river deltas. The term of the appointment is 8-10 weeks, depending on the experience and availability of the selected candidate. The intern will collaborate with a team of geomorphologists and hydrologists to find creative ways to quantify transport pathways and times through river deltas and to examine how surface hydrology varies across latitudes.
'''What You Need'''<br>
''Minimum Job Requirements:''<br>
* Experience with python for data analysis
* Familiarity with hydrology, geomorphology, channel networks, and/or coastal environments
* Written and oral communication skills
''Desired Qualifications:''<br>
* Experience with network-based modeling or analysis
* Experience working with remotely sensed and/or geospatial data
''Education:''<br>Candidates must be actively pursuing a Bachelors, Masters, or PhD or have received a Bachelors or Masters within the past three years. Candidates who have received a PhD or who will receive a PhD by May 2021 will not be considered. Separate application links are below depending on your level of education. If you are not sure which link/education level is appropriate for you, please email apiliouras@lanl.gov.
'''Note to Applicants:'''<br>
The application package consists of a CV, cover letter (up to two pages), transcripts, and contact information for two references. Recommendation letters are not required at this stage but may be requested upon review of applications. Your cover letter should explicitly address how you meet each of the minimum requirements and any of the desired skills, if applicable. In addition to applying online, applicants may email their application materials to apiliouras@lanl.gov. No applicant is expected to have all of the desired skills, and on-the-job learning is expected. Anyone who meets the minimum requirements is encouraged to apply. This internship is expected to be remote, given the ongoing public health crisis.
'''Links to apply:'''<br>
* Current undergraduates: https://jobszp1.lanl.gov/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&OAHP=IRC_EXT_SITE_VISITOR_APPL&OASF=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&akRegionApplicationId=821&transactionid=1999195151&retainAM=N&addBreadCrumb=RP&p_svid=84178&p_spid=3739451&oapc=5&oas=FodtwRezQwEWJt8eCw_dig..
* Recent undergraduates: https://jobszp1.lanl.gov/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&OAHP=IRC_EXT_SITE_VISITOR_APPL&OASF=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&akRegionApplicationId=821&transactionid=1999195151&retainAM=N&addBreadCrumb=RP&p_svid=84177&p_spid=3739450&oapc=13&oas=tbSuHYS1gp5jUcbS1PxCPA..
* Recent MS graduates: https://jobszp1.lanl.gov/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&OAHP=IRC_EXT_SITE_VISITOR_APPL&OASF=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&akRegionApplicationId=821&transactionid=1999195151&retainAM=N&addBreadCrumb=RP&p_svid=84176&p_spid=3739449&oapc=29&oas=__80-SAmggi9lY9Gu4n0xQ..
* Current graduate students: https://jobszp1.lanl.gov/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&OAHP=IRC_EXT_SITE_VISITOR_APPL&OASF=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&akRegionApplicationId=821&transactionid=1999195151&retainAM=N&addBreadCrumb=RP&p_svid=84175&p_spid=3739448&oapc=24&oas=WzNuAZdNgsjBZAm4n9fVLw..
Anastasia Piliouras (she/her)<br>
Scientist<br>
Earth and Environmental Sciences Division<br>
Los Alamos National Laboratory<br>
'''What You Will Do'''<br>
Put your land surface modeling talents to good use by joining the Earth and Environmental Science Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). LANL is a multi-disciplinary research institution engaged in science on behalf of national security. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team of observational and computational earth scientists, hydrologists, ecologists and computer scientists in an effort to understand the rate and patterns of landscape change in the Arctic and its impact and feedbacks on carbon and nutrient fluxes.
Your research will include Arctic land-surface modeling using the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Exascale Earth System (E3SM; https://e3sm.org/ ) model and may include:
* Modeling representations of permafrost hydrology in numerical, land surface, or watershed models
* Use of direct and remotely sensed observations, including drone-based acquisitions, for Arctic permafrost trend analysis and model validation.
* Trips to Alaska to support the collection of field observations.
While the large-scale research goals for the project have been established, there is significant flexibility in the way these goals may be achieved. A self-motivated, creative postdoc will find this environment conducive to intellectual and professional growth. A comprehensive knowledge of the novel components of the research activities will not be necessary as on-the-job training will support the candidate’s success through a collaborative team atmosphere.
We seek applications from diverse candidates with expertise in any of the following research areas: land surface modeling and analysis, numerical analysis, and frozen ground modeling. Candidates with experience working in and/or analyzing Arctic and permafrost-affected landscapes and thermally-influenced hydrological processes are particularly encouraged to apply. We invite applications from individuals with interests in developing and implementing models for diverse computational architectures (desktop to HPC and cloud).
See for more information: https://lanl.jobs/los-alamos-nm/land-surface-modeler-postdoc/CF950E9E583944759B9FB6A8536864BC/job/
'''What we offer:'''<br>
The initial appointment will be for 1 year. An extension of an additional 3.5 years (i.e. the full remaining duration of the TRANSCEND project) is envisaged, subject to satisfactory work performance and positive evaluation. Remuneration will be according to the German TV-L scheme, at the E14 level and on a step commensurate with work experience. While this is a full-time position in principle, part time solutions are negotiable. Further career development will be supported. The position allows for pursuing a habilitation. The office is located in the centre of Munich, with excellent public transport links. Applications from suitably qualified women candidates are particularly encouraged. Severely disabled applicants are given preferential consideration in the event of equal qualification.
'''About us:'''<br>
The research group around the chair for human geography works on risk, adaptation and transformation in the context of environmental hazards, climate change, urbanization and other dimensions of global change. The section develops, tests and imparts inter- and transdisciplinary methods for the assessment of future development paths and risk trends as well as for the multi-criteria evaluation of potential strategies for fos-tering sustainability and transformation, particularly in cities and newly urbanizing areas. While pursuing a global perspective, the sections empirical research is particularly focused on Asia, Africa and Europe. Next to fundamental research, the section is keen to deliver scientific knowledge that is of high practical and poli-cy relevance and provides decision support. The section therefore collaborates closely with decision makers and stakeholders from the local to the global level, e.g. urban administrations, United Nations programs and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The TRANSCEND project (Transformation Decisions for the Adaptation and Sustainability of Cities in the Face of Environmental and Socio-economic Change) is a five-year transdisciplinary research undertaking. Focusing on high-risk coastal cities, it is composed of three interlocking work streams: (1) An integrated model will be developed which combines the assessment of future hazard trends with scenarios of future urban development trajectories and resulting exposure and vulnerability dynamics at the city to sub-city scale. (2) In close cooperation with practical partners, the range of adaptation options will be identified and evaluated, against a novel multi-criteria framework developed within the project. (3) Decision-support tools for the analysis and guidance of risk governance, balancing the interests in multi-stakeholder urban con-texts, will be developed. While Mumbai and Jakarta, two of the most rapidly growing and hazard exposed cities globally, will form the two pilot cities for the method development and analysis, the project aims to develop transferable tools whose application to other high-risk cities will be facilitated through multiplier activities in Asia and beyond.
'''Responsibilities and tasks:'''<br>
* Support the chair in leading and synchronizing the different research streams within TRANSCEND;
* Under the supervision of the chair, take a leading role in managing TRANSCEND;
* Develop and implement own research activities within either of the TRANSCEND streams;
* Conduct field work in Mumbai and Jakarta;
* Supervise household surveys in Mumbai and Jakarta;
* Organize and implement workshops in Mumbai, Jakarta and Munich;
* Support the chair and local project partners in the local administration of the project in Mumbai and Jakarta;
* Supervise the integration of the different data and modelling streams within TRANSCEND;
* Ideally lead the activities on the urban growth, exposure and vulnerability modelling within TRANS-CEND;
* Contribute to scientific publications and communication materials of TRANSCEND;
* Help mentoring the three PhD students and two international fellows of TRANSCEND;
* Participate in national and international conferences as well as project events in Germany and glob-ally;
Support the chair in other tasks related to the department in order to free up time for TRANSCEND.
'''Where You Will Work:'''<br>
Located in Boulder, Colorado, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is one of the world’s premier scientific institutions, with an internationally recognized staff and research program dedicated to advancing knowledge, providing community-based resources, and building human capacity in the atmospheric and related sciences. NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).
'''What You Will Do:'''<br>
This is a new, full-time, 1-year term position (with possibility of extension) that will support the geospatial development, application and assessment of the community WRF-Hydro system for regional- and continental-scale hydrologic forecasting. The successful candidate will help implement and expand the use of GIS tools to characterize key hydrologic variables that are used to drive WRF-Hydro. The incumbent will also help support and enhance existing geospatial processing tools related to WRF-Hydro and help benchmark the WRF-Hydro system in a variety of different test configurations and study domains.
For more information see: https://ucar.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobInfo&version=1&jobid=218569 +
''Please share these opportunities with your students. Students are encouraged to email me at kate1@uw.edu for details.''
I’m recruiting new PhD students to join my research group at the University of Washington in beautiful Seattle, USA. Application deadline January 5, 2023, to start in September, 2023.
The first PhD student will study geomorphology and sedimentology of outburst floods in the tectonically active Eastern Himalaya. The project is part of recently funded NSF grant called "Collaborative Research: Geomorphic legacy of megaflood deposits on river processes and form, Eastern Himalaya (https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2220336&HistoricalAwards=false). The student on this project will work with a great team of mentors including Profs. Karl Lang (Georgia Tech) and Charlie Shobe (West Virginia U), and interact with UW faculty in geomorphology (including anticipated new faculty hires) and other graduate and undergraduate students and postdocs working on different aspects of the project.
I am also recruiting a second PhD student to work on a carbonate clumped isotope geochemistry project related to tectonics, paleoclimate and/or petrology and geochronology, using all-new lab instrumentation that was recently funded by NSF (https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2153799&HistoricalAwards=false) and that will be installed in our collaborative stable isotope lab (http://isolab.ess.washington.edu/isolab/) in January 2023.
The PhD students will be fully funded through graduate research (RA), teaching assistantship (TA), and university fellowships, including a full tuition waiver, stipend, and funds to support research activities and attend conferences and workshops.
My group studies the interactions of tectonics, erosion and climate in shaping Earth’s surface and shallow crust, over timescales ranging from geologic to human. Student projects draw from a broad range of fields including geomorphology, tectonics, structural geology, sedimentology and geochemistry, and combine field-based, laboratory and numerical modeling approaches. Students benefit from an incredibly collaborative and supportive environment, which includes our “structure/tectonics/geomorph/climate supergroup” made up of about 15-20 undergrads to postdocs and faculty that meets weekly to problem solve, collaborate and support each other’s research and professional development.
Applicants are encouraged to contact me at kate1@uw.edu for details about these opportunities and our research group. Prospective students should apply for admission to our PhD program in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences (https://www.ess.washington.edu/content/education/grad/research/admissions.php) at the University of Washington (https://grad.uw.edu/admission/apply-now/). Applicants can enter our PhD program directly from a Bachelors or from a MS degree. Students can also email essadmiss@uw.edu for more info on our graduate program and other faculty who are recruiting students for 2023-24.
All the best,
Kate Huntington
Kate Huntington, née Ruhl (she/her/hers)<br>
Endowed Professor for the College of the Environment in Earth Systems<br>
Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences<br>
University of Washington, Seattle, WA <br>
Winter 2022-23, Visiting Professor, Universita' Degli Studi Di Roma Tre, Rome, Italy<br>
http://faculty.washington.edu/kate1 <br>
