From Josh:
PhDs!!! (and a few Master’s)This is one of my favorite lists of the year, and it gets bigger all the time, which is encouraging. As you know, we normally do have these in the weekly lists, but because there are a lot (especially from the UK) that come out this time of year, we have this standalone email for those searching for PhD positions.I’ve sorted these by country (in alphabetical order).
My favorites:
1) PhD Scholarship in Tracking water in craters on Mars – Curtin University (Perth WA, Australia): 15 December
2) PhD: Transboundary Hydropower, the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law – Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK): 18 February
Australia
3) MPhil Scholarship (Reconnecting to Rivers: Urban Water & Water Sensitive Urban Design) – Curtin University (Perth WA, Australia): 10 December
4) PhD scholarship for uncertainty quantification associated with hydrogeological systems – The University of Western Australia (Perth WA, Australia): 17 December
Czechia
5) Investigation of the Terrestrial Hydrological Cycle Acceleration (ITHACA) – Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Prague, Czechia): 10 December
Germany
6) Two PhD positions at the University of Potsdam, Institute of Environmental Science and Geography – University of Potsdam(Potsdam, Germany): 20 December
7) Ph.D. position (f/m/x): Predictors of the long-term fate of assimilated macronutrients in streams – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) (Magdeburg, Germany): 31 December
8) Ph.D. position (f/m/x): SLAP-2SPollution - Solving landscape puzzles to mitigate suspended solids pollution in rivers – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) (Magdeburg, Germany): 31 December
9) Ph.D. position (f/m/x): Spatial vs temporal variability in water quality – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)(Leipzig, Germany): 31 December
India
10) PhD in Urban Water Systems – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham(Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India): 5 December
11) PhD position in Water Resources Engineering – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India): 26 December
Ireland
12) PhD: The dynamics and controls of the carbonate system in Irish coastal and shelf waters – National University of Ireland (Galway, Ireland): 10 December
Italy
13) PhD position in Climate Intelligence – Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy): 21 December
Morocco
14) French speakers: PhD Quantification des incertitudes des précipitations simulées dans les modèles climatique (4141) – Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (Benguerir, Morocco): Until filled
Netherlands
15) PhD Position Marine Litter Transport in the Coastal Zone – Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) (Delft, Netherlands): 23 December
16) PhD Candidate / PhD position on the integration of local and scientific knowledge in people-centred climate services – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Delft, Netherlands): 3 January
Norway
17) PhD Candidate in Utilization of Flexible Hydropower in 100% Renewable Power Systems – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Trondheim, Norway): 7 January
18) PhD candidate in STS with focus on sustainable hydropower development – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Trondheim, Norway): 7 January
19) PhD position in assessing the environmental impacts of future global hydropower expansion – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Trondheim, Norway): 7 January
20) PhD Position in Environmental gradients of hydropower impacts – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Trondheim, Norway): 7 January
21) PhD position connected to Plastic-free Norwegian waters – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Trondheim, Norway): 7 January
22) PhD candidate: Modelling of competing water use and hydrological risks – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Trondheim, Norway): 7 January
23) PhD Candidate: Decision Analytics for Hydropower Reservoir Management – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Trondheim, Norway): 7 January
Portugal
24) Two research grants for candidates with BSc degree – INESC ID(Lisboa, Portugal): 15 December
Romania
25) One PhD Researcher and one Master Researcher – University of Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania): 9 December
Spain
26) PhD fellowship on Planetary Sciences: Reconstruction of hydrogeological paleoenvironments on Mars – Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) (Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain): 27 January
27) PhD: Advances in the characterization of vegetation biophysical parameters in orchards for the estimation of water requirements in precision irrigation – University of Lleida (Lleida, Spain): 12 January
United Kingdom
28) PhD: ITN Early Stage Researcher (inventWater ESR11) – University of Stirling (Stirling, Scotland UK): 8 December
29) PhD: How does adaptation to climate change for urban WaSH systems affect lived experiences of water security? – University of East Anglia (Norwich, England, UK): 9 December
30) PhD: Adaptation strategies against progressing anoxia in lakes – University of Stirling (Stirling, Scotland UK): 8 December
31) PhD: River ecosystem responses to synthetic chemicals under future climate scenarios – University of Birmingham (Birmingham, England, UK): 7 January
32) PhD: An inclusive and sustainable blue space infrastructure for people with disabilities in Scotland post-Covid-19 pandemic – The James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK): 7 January
33) Understanding the economic consequences of changes in water availability and water policy in Scotland: a computable general equilibrium analysis - PhD – The James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK): 7 January
34) PhD: Detecting and monitoring floods using satellite radar and drone data – University of Stirling (Stirling, Scotland, UK): 7 January
35) PhD: Using sensors, satellites and artificial intelligence to improve catchment-scale modelling and nowcasting of microbial risks to water quality – University of Stirling (Stirling, Scotland, UK): 7 January
36) PhD: Smart monitoring technologies for water quality and sustainable supply management – Edinburgh Napier University(Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 7 January
37) PhD: Overcoming socio-economic barriers to develop a ‘beyond compliance’ culture of water reuse in Scotland – The James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK): 7 January
38) PhD: Enhancing Scotland’s resilience to climate change – a blue-green infrastructure inclusivity framework based on community-centred nature-based solutions – Abertay University (Dundee, Scotland, UK): 7 January
39) PhD: Novel sensor technology and machine learning approaches for detection and identification of micro- and nanoplastic – Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK): 7 January
40) From Grey to Blue and Green: Devising an inclusive infrastructure for Scotland - PhD – The James Hutton Institute(Aberdeen, Scotland, UK): 7 January
41) Making Nature Based Solutions at the Landscape Scale A Reality: An investigation of the barriers and spatial disconnection between NBS Investments and Beneficiaries - PhD – Heriot Watt University(Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 7 January
42) PhD: Smart monitoring technologies for water quality and sustainable supply management – The James Hutton Institute(Aberdeen, Scotland, UK): 7 January
43) PhD: Beavers and climate change mitigation in freshwater systems – Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 7 January
44) E4 DTP NERC Peatland restoration impacts on freshwaters: insights from chemodiversity and biodiversity indicators - PhD – University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 7 January
45) PhD: Exploring inclusivity factors for climate resilient Blue-Green Infrastructure – Heriot Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 7 January
46) NERC GW4+ DTP Studentship - Biomonitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance in UK Freshwater Ecosystems: an Integrated Microbiological and Genomic Approach – Cardiff University (Cardiff, Wales, UK): 10 January
47) NERC GW4+ DTP studentship: Assessing Urban Resilience to Flooding for Adaptation Strategies Under Change - PhD – Cardiff University (Cardiff, Wales, UK): 10 January
48) Does antimicrobial resistance in river water pose a risk to human health?, NERC GW4+ DTP CASE studentship for 2022 Entry, PhD in Medicine Ref: 4263 – University of Exeter (Exeter, England, UK): 10 January
49) Glaciers and future water supplies in the Himalayas, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for 2022 Entry, PhD in Geography – University of Exeter (Exeter, England, UK): 10 January
50) PhD: Sediment mobility in Himalayan rivers recorded by seismic monitoring with implications for flood risk under a changing climate – University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 6 January
51) Climate, water and society in arid regions: from ancient civilizations to the Anthropocene - PhD – University of Leeds (Leeds, England, UK): 5 January
52) PhD: Spatio-Temporal Trends and Processes in Desertification in Africa and Europe – University of Leeds (Leeds, England, UK): 5 January
53) PhD: Smart Rivers (Using sensor networks to understand carbon cycling in regulated rivers) – University of Leeds (Leeds, England, UK): 5 January
54) PhD: Estuarine morphology (Understanding atypical behaviour and evaluating flood management scenarios) – University of Hull(Hull, England, UK): 5 January
55) NERC GW4+: Design, preparation and implementation of sustainable materials for heavy metal remediation in rivers - PhD – University of Bristol (Bristol, England, UK): 10 January
56) PhD: NERC Panorama DTP (Turbulence and energy dissipation in soft fluvio-tidal flood defences) – University of Hull (Hull, England, UK): 5 January
57) PhD: NERC Panorama DTP - Rivers on Ice – University of Hull(Hull, England, UK): 5 January
58) Combined Sewer Overflows: A Hotspot for Riverine Plastic Pollution - PhD – University of East Anglia (Norwich, England, UK): 23 January
59) PhD: High resolution mapping of fine sediment and pollutants throughout large river cross sections with innovative uncrewed survey boats; supporting improved flux estimation, habitat assessment and bathing water safety – University of Reading(Reading, England, UK): 21 January
60) PhD: Quantifying UK hydroclimatic variability on centennial timescales – University of Reading (Reading, England, UK): 21 January
61) SCENARIO: Improving European flood forecasts: deriving reservoir management rules with satellite data and machine learning - PhD – University of Reading (Reading, England, UK): 21 January
62) PhD: African Humid Period floods on the Sahara Desert margins – University of Plymouth (Plymouth, England, UK): 12 January
63) The effect of precipitation patterns on tropical peatland initiation, stability and growth. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for 2022 Entry, PhD in Mathematics – University of Exeter (Exeter, England, UK): 10 January
64) PhD: Investigating the influence of meltwater runoff and near-terminus subglacial hydrology on the dynamics of Greenland’s marine-terminating glacier margins – University of Edinburgh(Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 9 January
65) PhD: Improved soil moisture detection to understand climate threats to Amazon rainforests – University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 9 January
66) PhD: CHannelized Ice Shelf Melting (CHISM) - SENSE CDT – British Antarctic Survey (Cambridge, England, UK): 9 January
67) PhD: Rethinking the hydrology of drained agricultural catchments based on insights from natural abundance stable isotopes of water – University of Leicester (Leicester, England, UK): 7 January
68) PhD: Hydrological response to agricultural land degradation in the Lesser Himalayas – University of Birmingham (Birmingham, England, UK): 7 January
69) PhD: Sediment mobility in Himalayan rivers recorded by seismic monitoring with implications for flood risk under a changing climate – University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 6 January
70) PhD: Water-table management in lowland agricultural peatlands for climate change mitigation – University of Leeds (Leeds, England, UK): 5 January
71) PhD: Untangling the effects of climate change on ice shelf melting in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica – British Antarctic Survey(United Kingdom): 4 January
72) PhD: Factors controlling microbial nitrogen cycling and nitrogen pollution from farm to coast – University of Plymouth (Plymouth, England, UK): 12 December
73) PhD: How does adaptation to climate change for urban WaSH systems affect lived experiences of water security? – University of East Anglia (Norwich, England, UK): 19 January
74) PhD: Role of catchment properties in mediating the hydrological transition between droughts and floods – Bangor University (Bangor, Wales, UK): 12 January
75) PhD: Unlocking the scaling puzzle in forest carbon and water fluxes – University of Bristol (Bristol, England, UK): 10 January
76) PhD: Prediction of hydrological extremes in India, South Africa and Brazil – University of Birmingham (Birmingham, England, UK): 7 January
77) PhD: High frequency water quality sensor networks for monitoring hot spots and hot moments of urban and rural water pollution in real-time – University of Birmingham (Birmingham, England, UK): 7 January
78) Stream synchrony: understanding the synchrony of nutrients, pollution, and water in river ecosystems - PhD – University of Birmingham (Birmingham, England, UK): 7 January
79) Sustainable Future Global Aquaculture – Water Resources, Pollution and Biodiversity Protection. [Biosciences)] – PhD (Funded) – University of Exeter (Exeter, England, UK): 7 January
80) PhD: Biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctioning in rivers with modified flow regimes – University of Leeds (Leeds, England, UK): 5 January
81) PhD: Integrating climate risk to reservoir water quality into water infrastructure planning – University of Sheffield (Sheffield, England, UK): 1 August
82) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in the Application of Artificial Intelligence to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER) – University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England, UK): 16 May
83) PhD: Would coupling regenerative land management and seaweed aquaculture be beneficial in a changing climate? – University of East Anglia (Norwich, England, UK): 19 January
84) PhD Studentship: Combined Sewer Overflows: a Hotspot for Riverine Plastic Pollution – University of East Anglia (Norwich, England, UK): 12 January
85) PhD: Does antimicrobial resistance in river water pose a risk to human health? – University of Exeter (Exeter, England, UK): 10 January
86) PhD: Greening Blue Spaces – University of Hull (Hull, England, UK): 7 January
87) PhD Studentship: Modelling soil dewatering and recharge for cost-effective and climate resilient infrastructure – University of Southampton (Southampton, England, UK): 31 December
88) PhD studentship: Water Network Resilience – University of Nottingham (Nottingham, England, UK): 31 December
89) PhD: A new 3D hydrogeological dataset for the UK to drive projections of hydrological extremes under climate change – Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK): Until filled
90) PhD: Towards better representation of surface-subsurface flow interactions in urban areas particularly during extreme events – Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK): Until filled
91) PhD: How can blue-green infrastructure support climate change efforts? – Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK): Until filled
92) PhD: Optimising flood risk management interventions in catchments and cities – Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK): Until filled
93) PhD: Solving the Leaky Barrier Conundrum: Nature Based Solutions to reduce flooding – Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK): Until filled
94) PhD: Monitoring the Impact of Green Infrastructure using Citizen Science in Urban and Rural Catchments – Newcastle University(Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK): Until filled
95) PhD: Nowcasting of river stage and velocity using LIDAR sensors (Technological innovation to improve responses during flood events) – University of Leeds (Leeds, England, UK): 5 January
96) PhD: Citizens as sensors? Reconceptualising the role of people in modelling and monitoring flood risk – Northumbria University(Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK): 18 February
97) PhD: Enhancing Urban Flood Resilience with Innovative Digital Design Technologies – Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK): 18 February
98) PhD: Comparison of natural and plastic microfibres in rivers – University of Leeds (Leeds, England, UK): 1 February
99) Combined Sewer Overflows: A Hotspot for Riverine Plastic Pollution - PhD – University of East Anglia (Norwich, England, UK): 23 January
100) Marie Curie European Industrial Doctorate PhD fellowship for Early Stage Researchers EID Project REMEDI – University of Warwick(Coventry, England, UK): 15 January
101) U.K. and Ireland nationals: The Future of Intelligent Stormwater Management. EMPS College Home fees Studentship, PhD in Engineering – University of Exeter (Exeter, England, UK): 24 January
102) U.K. and E.U. nationals: Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies – University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK): 22 February
United States
103) Graduate opportunities (MS/PhD) in Hydrology – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Socorro, NM, USA): 15 January
104) PhD Student Position: Quantifying Climate and Land Use Effects on Water and Carbon Cycles – University of California-Riverside(Riverside, CA, USA): 16 December
105) Fall 2022 Graduate Assistantships at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI, USA): 17 December
106) PhD Research Assistantship – University of Maryland (College Park, MD, USA): 15 December
107) PhD Assistantship - Hydrology – University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA): 23 December
108) PhD Student in Water Quality and Machine Learning – Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL, USA): 17 December
109) PhD Research Assistantship in Post-Wildfire Impacts on Soils, Hydrology, and Water Quality – University of Idaho (Moscow, ID, USA): 17 December
110) PhD Assistantship: How methods to suppress an invasive fish affect Yellowstone Lake water quality – University of Wyoming(Laramie, WY, USA): 16 December
111) Opportunity for a Ph.D. Student in Global Snow Hydrology – Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR, USA): 5 January
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