Jobs:Job-01853

2x new funded PhD positions (Halifax, Canada) focused on modeling compound coastal flooding and river-ocean interactions

Dalhousie University, , Canada
Apply before: 15 August 2025

Posting: Position: PhD students Apply before: 15 August 2025 See attached file: Alliance_posting_PhD_students.pdf

We are seeking applications for two fully funded graduate student positions. While PhD students are preferred, exceptional MSc students will also be considered.

This project is part of OPEN-FRANC (Open-Source Flood Risk Analysis Network for Canada), with the overall program goal of advancing Canada’s capability to assess and manage flood hazards by harmonizing and upscaling floodplain modeling across the country. The specific study site for the work at Dalhousie University is the Bay of Fundy, which has the world’s highest tides. The PhD students recruited for the advertised positions will focus on either (1) numerical modeling of compound coastal flooding dynamics along the Bay of Fundy shoreline or (2) the interactions between river flooding and coastal flooding in rivers discharging into the Bay of Fundy (linking river and coastal hydraulic models).

More details, including a link to a Google Form to apply, can be found in this Google Doc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ct6j-Lnik0zE53P_VBKKXsjUmLwEqReC/view?usp=sharing

Kind regards,
Barret Kurylyk

Barret Kurylyk, PhD, P.Eng.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR
CIVIL AND RESOURCE ENGINEERING

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, SEXTON CAMPUS
A.L. MacDonald Building, Room 512
barret.kurylyk@dal.ca, X @DalHydro

Past President, Canadian Geophysical Union Hydrology Section

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Of interest for:

Coastal Working Group

Hydrology Focus Research Group