Jobs:Job-00620

Opportunity for 2 PhD projects

Monash University, , Australia
Start reviewing process: 28 February 2022

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2 PhD positions

Start reviewing process:

28 February 2022

We are looking for 2 PhD students to study water and carbon fluxes in coastal wetlands and mangrove forests. One PhD project is in Environmental Science (working at experimental sites in Victoria and Western Australia) and one is in Engineering (modelling of water and carbon fluxes with field work and data analysis). See a summary of the whole project below.

Candidates need to be eligible to apply (https://www.monash.edu/graduate-research/study/apply) for a PhD scholarship at Monash University.

For the project in Environmental Science, contact Ruth Reef (https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/ruth-reef), and contact me for the project in Engineering.

Kind regards
Edo

EDOARDO DALY
Associate Professor
Monash University
Civil Engineering, 23 College Walk (Building 60)
Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
E: edoardo.daly@monash.edu
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/edoardodaly/
monash.edu/engineering/edoardodaly

A balancing act: Resolving coastal wetland water, carbon and solute fluxes

Coastal wetlands offer an impressive capacity to regulate the Earth’s climate by altering the way carbon dioxide is extracted from the atmosphere and stored while simultaneously influencing the water cycle, thus providing ecosystem services such as carbon storage, abating flood waters, improving water quality and protecting the coastline from sea level rise. This project aims to address the current gaps in understanding the critical exchanges of water and greenhouse gases (GHGs) combining field methodologies and hydrological models, under different climatic conditions. The intended outcomes will benefit management of GHG emissions, coastal flooding and vulnerable groundwater dependent habitats.

Of interest for:

Hydrology Focus Research Group