Jobs:Job-01105

PhD Position on Projected changes in flood occurrence at convection-permitting scale

University of Padova, , Italy
Apply before: 31 January 2023

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Position:

PhD Position

Apply before:

31 January 2023

The Department of Land and Agroforest Environments, University pf Padova, Italy, is looking for a PhD Candidate in Climate- and Environmental Sciences to fill a three-year position from 1st of October 2023.

The position is available within the global call for applications "UNIPhD - Eight century legacy of multidisciplinary research and training for the next-generation talents” (closing date: 31 January 2023).

Selected early stage researchers benefit from very attractive employment conditions and will be recruited through a 3-year contract starting 1 October 2023.

For further information go to the call website: https://uniphd.eu/ (in English).

The project, titled “Projected changes in flood occurrence at convection-permitting scale across an alpine transect”, aims to shed light on the relationship between future changes in extreme precipitation and flooding – particularly high-end extreme events (i.e., those occurring twice or fewer times per century), which are rare to nonexistent in observed time series – based on high-space/time resolution climate simulations from convection-permitting models. The project will address this data scarcity problem by using a variety of methods, including stochastic streamflow generation and ensemble modelling using Single Model Initial-condition Large Ensembles (SMILEs) across an Alpine transect where accurate long- term series of flood events and climate simulations at convection permitting scale are available.

To be successful the potential candidate needs:

An outstanding MSc in environmental- or natural sciences (e.g. meteorology, hydrology, climate sciences, physical geography), or environmental engineering
Proven knowledge of statistical methods
Proven knowledge about hydrological analysis and modeling
Proven programming skills in, e.g., Fortran, Python, R, or Matlab
Good communication skills (writing and speaking) in English

If you are interested in this positions, please apply before 31 January 2023. Any further clarification requests can be addressed to: marco.borga@unipd.it

UNIPD strives to achieve gender balance at all levels of employment. We therefore particularly encourage female candidates to apply for this position.

Prof. Marco Borga
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF)
University of Padova
AGRIPOLIS, via dell'Università , 16, Legnaro (PD), IT-35020 Italy

e-mail: marco.borga@unipd.it

Of interest for:

Hydrology Focus Research Group