PhD Opportunities in AI for Weather, Water & Hydrometeorology at Texas Tech University Texas Tech University in United States

Two PhD student positions are available in Water Digital Twins at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi , within the Water and Environmental Systems Analysis Lab (WESA) . The positions are focused on research at the intersection of civil engineering , environmental engineering , hydrologic modeling , urban water infrastructure , and digital twin systems. One position focuses on regional water resources systems , including interbasin water transfer , ensemble-based hydrologic modeling , forecast-in...

Postdoctoral opportunity at the University of Maryland Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS) focused on land modeling , data assimilation , leaf area index (LAI) , phenology , and satellite remote sensing . The project aims to incorporate an existing global LAI product into NOAA’s Unified Forecast System (UFS) land model and evaluate impacts on near-surface atmospheric temperature and humidity, as well as surface energy and hydrologic budgets. A phenology-informed LAI...

Texas Tech University’s Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Program, is advertising 2 PhD openings in Dr. Jiangtao Liu’s lab for Spring 2027 and Fall 2027 . The research theme sits at the intersection of AI, hydrometeorology, and Earth system science , with a focus on linking atmospheric and hydrologic processes and using multimodal Earth observations for flood prediction . The lab highlights four possible directions: AI for weather-water prediction , multimodal observations and geosc...

George Mason University is expected to host a new research group in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, led by Taereem Kim, starting in August 2026. The post announces PhD student hiring for Spring 2027 and Fall 2027 in research areas including hydroclimatology , hydrology , extreme weather and climate , artificial intelligence / machine learning , statistical modeling , and climate science . The group’s research direction also includes statistical and machine ...

George Allen at Virginia Tech is recruiting a 2-year postdoctoral researcher in Hydrology and Remote Sensing , with a start date targeted for Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 . The position is based in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States . Potential research directions include satellite remote sensing of inland surface water and hydrologic applications of geospatial foundation models, LSTM networks, and other AI/ML approaches . This is a strong fit for candidates with interests in earth observation, wat...