Fully Funded PhD in Urban Energy, Climate, Earth System Science, and AI/ML University of Wisconsin-Madison in United States

Multiple fully funded PhD positions are available in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Dr. Xinchang Li . The research group studies interactions among people, urban energy, and climate from local to global scales. The project combines Earth system modeling , building energy and energy systems modeling , AI/ML , and remote sensing to support sustainable and resilient cities . This is a strong fit for students interested in urban climate, energy system...

Florida International University’s Department of Civil Engineering is seeking applications for two fully funded PhD positions starting in Spring 2027 or Fall 2027 . The research topic is CFD in urban heat modeling and AI , with a focus on modeling heat and wind dynamics in urban environments using OpenFOAM and urban canopy models . This is a strong fit for students interested in computational fluid dynamics , urban environmental research , machine learning/artificial intelligence , and scientifi...

PhD opportunity in Remote Sensing & Hydrology at Kansas State University Associate Professor Song Shu at Kansas State University is recruiting 1–2 highly motivated PhD students to join the School of Earth & Environment, with a planned start in Fall 2027. The research group works on surface water hydrology, water resources, and water storage dynamics using satellite and UAV/drone remote sensing, GIS, AI, and advanced computational methods. Potential topics include lake and river hydrology, water-...

Rutgers University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Associate in the EcoClimate lab led by Dr. David Klinges in the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources. The position focuses on climate change , terrestrial ecology , meteorology , earth science , statistics , mathematics , and computational modeling . Research themes include global rates of climate change and extreme events, climate connectivity and wildlife corridors, near-term forecasting of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, micr...

Assistant Professor Makoto Kelp at the University of Utah is recruiting 1-2 PhD students for a Fall 2027 start date. The group works on machine learning for policy-relevant problems in air quality, climate, and weather , with particular interest in multimodal ML for wildfire smoke and the use of AI foundation models to improve projections of ozone, aerosol, and dust . Related themes include wildfire smoke modeling and mitigation , deep learning in the atmospheric chemistry-climate system , and d...