Jobs:Job-01047

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Recruiting PhD student in fluvial morphodynamics and network evolution
University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States
Start reviewing process: 15 December 2019


Dear students and colleagues,

I am searching for a mathematically inclined PhD applicant interested in understanding how networks of rivers (and their associated hillslopes) respond to climate and land-use change. Time scales of interest range from ~1--100,000 years, with a focus on sediment-transport processes and feedbacks between catchment hydrology, channel form, sediment supply, and long-profile and cross-sectional evolution. As currently envisioned, the student would examine how signals of internally or externally forced change propagate and evolve through the network, and use this insight to build a predictive understanding of fluvial-system response to perturbations, with applications to sustainable land management.


Students would have access to field sites in the rapidly-evolving upper Mississippi valley and Lake Superior basin, and to facilities at the Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. While this project is currently unfunded, I have submitted two relevant grant proposals for student support, and the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences has ample TA support as well as competitive internal fellowships.


Please feel free to write me if you intend to apply and/or have any questions. Best wishes to all for an enjoyable and productive Fall season!


Andrew D. Wickert, Ph.D.
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

http://www.esci.umn.edu/people/Andy-Wickert

Of interest for:
  • Terrestrial Working Group
  • Hydrology Focus Research Group