Jobs:Job-00174

Fully funded PhD position in coastal morphodynamics

Louisiana State University, Louisiana, United States
Start reviewing process: 15 September 2020

Posting:

Position:

PhD Position

Start reviewing process:

15 September 2020

Dear coastal people,

I am recruiting a PhD student at Louisiana State University starting Spring 2021. The student will work on a project funded by the USACE through the US Coastal Research Program (https://uscoastalresearch.org/). The goals of this project are to 1) Quantify the contribution of the various marsh loss mechanisms under different environmental settings, 2) Understand how existing data-driven metrics of marsh health are related to different marsh deterioration trajectories, 3) Use existing marsh metrics for validating marsh evolution models.

The student will use and improve a new cutting-edge model for marsh morphodynamics (MarshMorpho2D). The student will collaborate with Dr. Neil Ganju at USGS in Woods Hole, as well as with other scientists at the USACE Engineer Research and Development Center.

I am looking for a highly motivated student with a background in coastal geomorphology, nearshore oceanography, coastal engineering, or related fields. The ideal candidate will have experience with numerical methods and programming (e.g., Matlab, Fortran, Python, R).

Applicants are encouraged to contact the PI of the project (Giulio Mariotti, gmariotti@lsu.edu) before applying and include a current resume or CV. For a snapshot of the research performed in my lab, see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aAYz8YsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

The student will be enrolled in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, which is housed within LSU's unique College of the Coast and the Environment. More information about the graduate program is available on the Department website: https://www.lsu.edu/cce/graduate/docs/index.php

Of interest for:

Coastal Working Group

Coastal Vulnerability Initiative