Jobs:Job-00853

New York University - PhD position in statistical and computational hydrosciences

NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York, United States
Apply before: 15 November 2022

Posting:

Position:

PhD position

Apply before:

15 November 2022

We at NYU's Hydrologic Systems Group are looking for motivated researchers who wish to pursue their PhD and postdoctoral work within the broad field of statistical and computational hydrosciences. We have just opened up one PhD position, which will begin in fall 2023.

Required qualifications:

Clear interest in pursuing scientific and applied research in hydrosciences
MS degree in a related field
Background in statistical and/or computational modeling
Demonstrable coding skills (preferably Python)

Preference will be given to applicants with some of the following desirable (but not required) qualifications:

Prior research experience related to the following topics:
- rainfall-runoff processes in urban or natural hydrologic systems
- flood modeling
- risk-based decision-making / uncertainty analysis
Experience with earth observation / remote sensing
Background in advanced statistics/ applied mathematics
Experience with high performance computing

If you are interested, please email your CV and academic transcripts to Omar Wani. If transcripts are unavailable, please provide information on the relevant courses taken and corresponding grades. In your email, you can also include a paragraph on what motivates you to apply for this position and other supporting documents/information.

We will then reach out to suitable candidates by mid-November. (We will unfortunately not be able to write back to all applicants.)

email: omarwani@nyu.edu,
website: https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/omar-wani

The research plan for this position will be drafted after reaching an agreement following further discussions.

So come join us in NYC - the city that never sleeps!
Youtube: The Graduate Experience at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluOIc4d6S0&ab_channel=NYUTandonSchoolofEngineeringGraduateSchool)

More Information:
Tandon School of Engineering, NYU(https://engineering.nyu.edu/)
Depart. of Civil and Urban Engineering, NYU (https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/departments/civil-and-urban-engineering)
Graduate admission requirements in a PhD program (https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/programs/civil-engineering-phd)

Dr. Omar Wani

Asst. Professor
Hydrologic Systems Group
Dept. of Civil and Urban Engineering
New York University, USA

website (https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/omar-wani)

Of interest for:

Hydrology Focus Research Group