Assistantship

The Marshall Lab Group at the Colorado School of Mines is recruiting one or more PhD students to work on snow extremes , snow hydrology , water resources , and interactions between snow and terrestrial ecosystems . The project emphasizes computational approaches and programming, making it a strong fit for applicants who want to use data-driven or modeling methods in a PhD. The position is based at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, USA, and one student will be supported by an NSF CARE...

Oklahoma State University is advertising a PhD opening in Flood Modeling and Management through a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering. The position is based at OSU’s main campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA , and the selected student will join the Hydrological Extremes Lab under the supervision of Dr. K.J. Jafarzadegan . The research focus is on flood characterization, flood modeling, and flood management , with strong relevance to h...

The Hydrological Remote Sensing Lab (HydroRS) at the University of South Florida is recruiting Ph.D. students for research in hydrological remote sensing starting Spring 2027 or Fall 2027. The lab works on interdisciplinary water resources research using satellite observations, remote sensing, AI/ML, and geospatial technologies to study the changing water cycle and water crises at regional to global scales. Example topics include hydrological extremes, trends and drivers of freshwater storage, h...

MS/PhD Assistantship in Flood Mapping at the University of Maine The Simulation and Terrain-based River Elevation Advanced Mapping (STREAM) project is seeking graduate students for an MS/PhD assistantship focused on flood mapping, floodplain modeling, and hydrologic risk assessment in rural and low-population areas of Maine. Students will develop mapped floodplains where detailed hydrologic and hydraulic studies have not yet been conducted, using high-resolution elevation data and advanced model...

Kansas State University’s Ecohydrology Lab is hiring two graduate students for MS or PhD study in Ecohydrology . The position is based at K-State in Manhattan, Kansas, USA , and the lab studies interactions between ecological and hydrological processes in grasslands, savannas, and shrublands . Research in the lab combines approaches from plant ecophysiology , ecology , hydrology , and soil science to understand how vegetation shapes water movement and critical zone function under changing climat...