A PhD Position at Newcastle University

Topic: Representing runout in landslide nowcasts to improve disaster information and response

The aim of the project is to improve the predictive skill of coseismic landslide models, both in terms of how we model landslide initiation and how we represent runout and associated hazard. The student will be based at Newcastle University and supervised by Dave Milledge (Newcastle) and Alex Densmore (Durham).

Detailed information on the project, as well as how to apply, is available in the link.


Non-UK applicants need to get in touch before 9 December 2024, however, because the number of awards to international students is limited. Please contact Dave (David.Milledge@newcastle.ac.uk) or Alex (a.l.densmore@dur.ac.uk) for more information.

Dear all,

My lab at New Mexico Tech is recruiting a 3-year postdoctoral researcher to work on a project in collaboration with Dr. Dalei Hao at the DOE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Start date is flexible, early 2025 is preferred.

Objective of the project is to improve large-scale snow simulations in Earth System Models by i) investigating the spatial variability of snow cover over mountains / complex terrain regions, ii) investigating how snow grain shape and albedo change with snow aging, and iii) studying the space-time variability of snow droughts.

The candidate should be interested in the physical processes related to hydrology, cryosphere, and climate science. A strong quantitative background in numerical methods, statistics, and programming is desired. Previous experience working with Earth System Models is highly welcome.

Interested candidates should contact me (enrico.zorzetto@nmt.edu) to arrange a virtual interview and learn more about the research project. In your email, please include i) your CV, ii) a cover letter describing your previous research experience, relevant skills and research interests, and iii) a list of publications and software or data products.

Next week I will be in Washington, DC for the AGU Fall Meeting, and I will be available to meet interested candidates there.

Company Denoscription

The Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) (https://www.julius-kuehn.de) is a federal research institute in Germany dedicated to the study of cultivated plants. It operates under the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and serves as an independent federal authority.

The JKI's Research Data Management (RDM) team aims to make research data more open and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) by developing concepts, services, and technical solutions to meet the growing demands of data management in agricultural research.



Role Denoscription

The JKI's RDM team at the Kleinmachnow site is looking for a geodata analyst for a three-year term (13 TVöD 80% ). As part of the FAIRagro project consortium (https://fairagro.net), the position deals with the question of how quality information from geodata can be integrated into the FAIR denoscription of geodata. Anyone interested in FAIR geodata is welcome to apply for the position https://t1p.de/der9h.

Exciting hashtag#Career Opportunities! 🌍 The hashtag#Adaptation in hashtag#Agricultural Systems group at PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is hiring for three open positions:

Postdoctoral position on Agricultural Modelling (m/f/d) with focus on crop modelling,
Postdoctoral position on hashtag#ClimateChange and hashtag#Health (m/f/d), attributing child undernutrition-related health impacts to anthropogenic climate change, and a
PhD position on hashtag#Economics, focusing on causal questions in the field of development economics.

Join us in working with governments, research institutes, and organizations across Sub-Saharan hashtag#Africa, Asia, and Latin America to help farmers adapt to climate change. Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure our research creates real-world impact and increase climate resilience of agricultural systems. Apply now to be part of a team transforming research into action!

PostDoc on Agricultural Modelling: https://lnkd.in/dfXRVDGQ
PosDoc on Climate Change and Health: https://lnkd.in/d3k3wWVR
PhD position on Economics: https://lnkd.in/dtkRt6iB

Fully funded PhD position noscriptd: "Coastal sediment dynamics on the North Coast of Northern Ireland at decadal to centennial time scale" (School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ulster University, UK) (deadline: 3 February 2025): https://lnkd.in/e5Kp6v94

Postdoctoral Researcher – Groundwater Hydro-Environmental and Salinity Impact Assessment
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4092363657

I am looking for a PhD student to join my lab in Fall 2025 to work on large-scale hydrological modeling and study the interactions of coupled human-earth systems. More info and application instructions are at the link below. Spread the word! https://lnkd.in/gMyug2Q3

P.S. If you do not have a Gmail account to access the form, please contact me directly.

We Are Hiring! Penn State Climate Consortium hashtag#PennStateClimate

hashtag#ClimateInformatics: Assistant or Associate Tenure Line Faculty Position in Climate Informatics/AI https://lnkd.in/diRJQqPS
hashtag#ClimateCommunication: Associate or Full Professor Tenure Line Faculty Position in Communications and Climate https://lnkd.in/dqMes296
hashtag#ClimatePolicy: Assistant/Associate Research Professor Non-Tenure Line Faculty Position in Climate Policy https://lnkd.in/d2avs_bu
hashtag#CommunityEngagement and hashtag#Climate: Assistant/Associate Research Professor Non-Tenure Line Faculty Position in Community Engagement https://lnkd.in/dB27yBri

When you are looking for a Ph.D./Postdoc/Researcher positions in Europe, don't miss this important web portal EURAXESS.

EURAXESS is a one-stop platform for students, researchers, and scientists seeking to advance their careers and personal development by moving to European countries (counts 43 European countries). This web portal includes job, funding and hosting opportunities/advertisements, career development guidance, and much more. Here is the link,

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Also, I recommand to connect with the PI of your interested research group directly to get to know about positions that may not be advertised.

Fully Funded Ph.D. Opportunities at the University of Maryland 

📅 Start Date: September 2025  
📍 Location: Center for Global Sustainability & Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland  
📄 Application Deadline: December 15, 2024 

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🔬 Program Highlights:  
Join a joint program addressing critical global challenges in sustainability, resource management, and policy analysis. Selected candidates will receive:  
- Full tuition waiver (10 credits/semester).  
- Living stipend: ~$35,000/year (adjusted annually).  
- Health insurance: Equivalent to faculty benefits. 

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🎓 Eligibility Criteria:  
✅ Background in management, economics, GIS, environmental science, energy, or related fields.  
✅ M.S. degree (or completion by August 2025).  
✅ English proficiency: IELTS 7.0 (min 6.5 in speaking) or TOEFL 96+ (min 22 in speaking).  
✅ Proficiency in programming (e.g., R, Python).  
✅ Preferred: Experience with Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) or policy analysis. 

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🌟 How to Apply:  
Submit the following documents by December 15, 2024 to kfeng@umd.edu, ycui10@umd.edu, or jlou@umd.edu:  
1️⃣ Cover Letter  
2️⃣ CV  
3️⃣ Academic Trannoscripts  
4️⃣ Proof of English Proficiency 

📧 Subject line: 2025 GRA + University + Your Name 

🌐 More details: [View LinkedIn Announcement](https://lnkd.in/eznt8SVt) 

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💡 About the PIs:  
- Dr. Kuishuang Feng: Expert in socioeconomic and environmental resource accounting with 150+ publications.  
- Dr. Vivyun Cui: Focused on global energy policy and climate transitions, IPCC contributor.  
- Dr. Jiehong Lou: Specialist in climate finance and sustainable development. 

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Please find information on an opening for a 3-year postdoctoral fellow at Stockholm University on the hydroclimatic ecosystem services of wetlandscapes.

https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/work-at-su/available-jobs?rmpage=job&rmjob=24750&rmlang=UK

Closing date: 10 January 2025.

The candidate will work on the project Disclosing the Overlooked Wetlandscape Ecosystem Services (DOWES), funded by the Water4All 2023 Joint Transnational Call on Aquatic Ecosystem Services. The main objective of DOWES is to resolve the interlinkages between water availability in wetlandscapes, their responses and stressors, and the provision of ecosystem services within and beyond their area of influence through synthesis across important wetlandscapes in Sweden, Italy, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Colombia. While wetlands are ecosystems with permanent or temporary, static or flowing waters, wetlandscapes are systems of wetlands that are hydraulically, hydrologically, and ecologically connected. A wetlandscape can comprise large regions with different wetland bodies connected by groundwater or surface flows and, in turn, include more ecosystems, land covers, and communities in the landscape.

DOWES will, in five work packages, address the main objective across six iconic wetlandscape ecosystems. The first determines high-resolution changes in the hydrological regime using the latest radar and altimetric missions. The second relates water availability to wetlandscape ecosystem responses and stressors. The third develops a participatory approach to identify perceptions of potential cultural ecosystem services. The fourth adds a layer of complexity by quantifying the provision of ecosystem services of wetlandscapes beyond the area of influence. Finally, the fifth work package combines these four to develop metrics and guidelines to track and quantify the provision of wetlandscape ecosystem services.

The postdoc employed by this call will focus on either of the work packages 1 and 4 of DOWES, that is,

WP1: Quantifying changes in water availability with space-base technologies such as altimetry, InSAR, Gravimetry and SWOT, and

WP4: Quantifying hydrological and hydroclimatic ecosystem services of wetlandscapes with hydrological, hydroclimatic modeling and moisture tracking. These ecosystem services include water regulation, water supply by moisture to downwind regions, embedded water in products and services, and local and regional climate regulation.

💡 PhD opportunities! 💡
Are you interested in how computer models in water management shape policy and vice versa? Do you want to contribute to societally relevant research in the field of water management for case studies across three countries? Do you want to be part of an interdisciplinary research team?

We have two PhD-positions open now for applications, related to my ERC-LEGIT project: How the legitimacy of water-management models as decision support tools gets established. One position focuses on the social, political and institutional context, while the second is on scrutinising the model itself through extensive sensitivity analysis. Apply through the links below!

https://lnkd.in/e27nvxXG..

https://lnkd.in/ejsf4qi7..

🌍Fully Funded Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA) in Geosciences at Auburn University! 🌍

I'm sharing this to help those in my network who might benefit. The Department of Geosciences at Auburn University is now accepting applications for its Fall 2025 intake for graduate programs:

MS in Geology
MS in Geography
PhD in Earth System Science

🟢 Key Highlights:
Fully Funded Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA) available for 12 students, providing:

$26,500 annual salary (12 months)
Full tuition waiver

Dedicated to increasing representation of underrepresented students in U.S. higher education.

🗓 Application Deadline: January 15, 2025, for GTA funding consideration.

💡 Research Areas Include:
Earth and Life Through Time (Sedimentology, Paleobiology, Geomicrobiology)
Environmental Geosciences (Climate, Hydrogeology, Natural Hazards)
Geospatial Sciences (GIS, Remote Sensing, UAVs, Data Science)
Natural Resources Exploration (Energy, Critical Minerals)
Solid-Earth Processes (Petrology, Geochemistry, Tectonics/Geophysics)

🌟 The Earth System Science Ph.D. program is interdisciplinary, combining Earth’s dynamic processes and human interactions with faculty from multiple departments and colleges.

🔗 More Details:
For program and application details, visit: https://lnkd.in/gxVanzzS.

📧 For inquiries, contact Dr. Gottardi: gottardi@auburn.edu

Feel free to share this opportunity with anyone in your network who might be interested! 🌟

We're hashtag#hiring an intern (4-6 months) to work on hashtag#hydrological hashtag#modeling. The goal is to set up and calibrate models to simulate a range of hydroclimatic future scenarios - these will then feed hashtag#flood / hashtag#watermanagement models.
Interested or know someone? hashtag#Apply here 👇
https://lnkd.in/etyg7CjU
Gregory Seiller Christelle Castet

24-month post-doctoral position in Remote Sensing
Hello,

I would like to bring to your attention this 24-month post-doctoral position that has just opened up in the Geoazur laboratory at the Université Côte d'Azur (France), for distribution to your networks.

Position noscript: “Post-doctoral position in Remote Sensing: Remote sensing data for the improvement of hydrological/hydraulic models”(attached in English and French).

Thank you in advance,
https://groups.google.com/g/abouthydrology/c/fhCT2ikKfkk
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Fanny Picourlat
Laboratoire Géoazur (CNRS-UCA-OCA-IRD)
Campus CNRS Azur
250 rue A. Einstein, CS 10269
06905 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
Tél : +33 4 83 61 85 13

Dear All,


I am seeking motivated master graduated interested in working in areas related to Snow modelling, Po River basin hydrology, Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions and GEOframe system development. Below are some exciting thesis opportunities, each with potential for continuation into a Ph.D. program. Post doc positions could be considered as well for appropriate persons.



1. Snow Modelling (SUNSET PRIN Project)

This topic focuses on snow dynamics modeling using GEOframe-NewAGE and GEOtop, within the SUNSET PRIN project (Details). Opportunities include fieldwork, guided by Prof. Stefano Ferraris (University of Turin), with Dr. John Mohd Wani as co-supervisor.

2. Po River Basin Projects (ADBPo Collaboration)

The Po River Basin thesis topics align with the long-term collaboration with the Basin Authority of River Po (Details). These projects could lead to Ph.D. opportunities and professional roles.

Topics include:

- Modeling Romagna Catchments for Drought and Flood Prevention
Focused on hourly-scale modeling for water management.
- Co-Supervisor: Ing. Gaia Roati (Po Basin Authority)
- Includes periods at the Po Basin Authority in Parma.
- Earth Observation for Po River Basin Calibration
Systematic use of satellite data to validate and improve GEOframe-NewAGE models.
- Part of: SpaceItUp! PNRR (Italian Space Agency) and an upcoming ESA project
- Collaboration: Ing. Hossein Salehi, Fondazione Edmund Mach, and Prof. Manuela Girotto (UC Berkeley).

3. Land-Surface Interactions with the use of the GEOSPACE system and its development (EPFL collaboration, ESA Projects, EU Projects)
- Modeling Transpiration and Soil-Atmosphere Interactions
Utilize GEOframe-NewAGE and GEOSPACE for basin-scale modeling.
- Co-Supervisor: Dr. Concetta D’Amato (EPFL, Sion Campus)
- Includes a potential study period in Sion.
- Depending on the specific topic other collaboration should be envisioned

Topics include:
- Estimating the effects of evaporation and transpiration at Po scale, integrating GEOSPACE with Earth Observation.
- Understanding the effects of soil evolution under the action of biota and under global warming.
- New parameterizations of the atmosphere - plant interactions

4. Informatics-Oriented GEOframe Development (SIM Project)
- Integrating Large Language Models with GEOframe
Explore the potential of Generative AI for improving user interaction and programming within GEOframe.
- Transforming GEOframe into a DARTH
Enhance the GEOframe infrastructure and Object Modelling System (OMS) codebase.
- Co-Supervisors: Prof. Giuseppe Formetta and Dr. Olaf David (Colorado State University)
- Includes a potential study period in Fort Collins, Colorado.


Additional Information

All theses involve using and extending GEOframe tools, requiring proficiency in Python and Java. Coding skills are especially critical for informatics-oriented topics.
These projects provide an excellent foundation for doctoral studies and professional development in hydrology, environmental modeling, and computational science.

Please feel free to share this information and contact me for further details.

Best regards,
Riccardo Rigon

Postdoctoral Researcher in SWAT+ Modeling at CAU Kiel - Posted December 2024

The Institute of Natural Resource Conservation, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources Management at CAU Kiel is seeking a postdoctoral researcher specializing in SWAT+ modeling. The position is for 4 years, with the potential for an additional 4 years if the project is successfully extended. The role can start immediately, and no German language skills are required. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to innovative hydrological and environmental research.

For more information or to apply, please contact Dr. Nicola Fohrer at nfohrer@hydrology.uni-kiel.de