Jobs:Job-01983

Multiple positions open in global river modeling and modeling (Cornell University, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Maryland)

UC Santa Barbara, University of Maryland, and Cornell University, California, United States
Start reviewing process: 5 January 2026

Posting: Position: PhD students and Postdoctoral Research Fellows Start reviewing process: 5 January 2026 Apply online: https://www.riversystem.science/2025/12/08/1-phd-and-4-postdoctoral-research-positions-in-global-hydrology/

We are creating an interdisciplinary cohort of PhD students and Postdoctoral Research Fellows to work across several institutions and topic areas to progress towards a global understanding for links between water infrastructure and river systems. The positions are offered by Cornell University (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering), the University of California, Santa Barbara (Environmental Studies Program/Bren School of the Environment), and the University of Maryland (Center for Global Sustainability) as part of an upcoming project that will develop a global, time-series dataset documenting the past and present evolution of riverine systems under human influence.

Particularly of interest to this group might be the opportunity to work in my lab on developing a global perspective on how past infrastructure construction and operation has altered sediment transport in rivers.

More details here: https://www.riversystem.science/2025/12/08/1-phd-and-4-postdoctoral-research-positions-in-global-hydrology/

Tere might be Ph.D. opportunities in my lab as well, related to the same project.

If you are interested and plan attending the AGU Fall Meeting in New Orleans, please be in touch.

Best,
Rafael

Rafael Jan Pablo Schmitt
He/Him/His
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Email: rschmitt@ucsb.edu
On the web: riversystem.science (https://www.riversystem.science/); Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GFoTgJIAAAAJ&hl=en); UCSB (https://es.ucsb.edu/people/rafael-jp-schmitt)

UC Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California 93106

Lab News: Editorial in Science on the world’s largest hydro project; our new website just launched: https://www.riversystem.science/

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Of interest for:

Terrestrial Working Group

Hydrology Focus Research Group