PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Remote Sensing in Portugal

This post-doctoral project focuses on geomatics and hydromorphology , with an emphasis on improving methods to determine the bankfull level from LiDAR data collected from different sources, including IGN LiDAR HD and drone-acquired data . The researcher will also develop tools for QGIS and continue work on estimating bankfull width along river reaches, with results interpreted in relation to local anthropogenic constraints. The work builds on methods already developed within the Carhyce programm...

This postdoctoral position is based at the Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique (LOA) of the University of Lille, within the “Nuages et Rayonnement” team, and is linked to CNRS-associated research activity on atmospheric optics. The project focuses on the optical properties of atmospheric microplastics , a recently identified and still poorly characterized component of atmospheric aerosols. The successful candidate will work on the characterization of these particles through experimental measurem...

This PhD project is part of TWIG, a five-year ERC Starting Grant focused on tropical forest biomass flows that are usually missed by conventional inventories. The work combines repeated terrestrial laser scanning with long-term forest monitoring to directly quantify damage, recovery, and biomass redistribution in mature tropical forests. The doctoral researcher will study the environmental and biological drivers of tree-level biomass changes and the ecological consequences of small-scale disturb...

This postdoctoral fellowship is hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) in Corvallis, Oregon, within the Horticultural Crop Production and Genetic Improvement Research Unit. The project centers on image-based soil health analysis, combining advanced sensing and imaging technologies to study how soil health management practices influence soil health metrics, crop yield, and crop quality. The fellow will work with a range of imaging systems, includin...

This EngD project at the University of Twente focuses on building AI methods for detecting underground infrastructure in ground penetrating radar (GPR) radargrams and estimating burial depth. The work builds on high-quality GPR data from the university’s Utility Mapping Site (UMS) , a dedicated test environment for utility mapping technologies. You will work on systematically collected and accurately annotated GPR datasets to develop and validate machine learning models that improve automated in...

[Annual stipend at the UKRI minimum rate currently £21,805 per year plus £1,000 per year enhancement, and a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full 4-year programme.] This 4-year PhD project at The University of Manchester focuses on the use of geospatial foundation models to improve the monitoring of smallholder agricultural systems from satellite data. The work sits at the intersection of Earth Observation , remote sensing , and agricultural mapping, with an emphasis on u...

The University of Exeter is offering a fully funded PhD project exploring a different dimension of interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR): the use of InSAR loop closure to understand and monitor soil moisture and vegetation dynamics. The research will combine Sentinel-1 C-band and NISAR L-band satellite observations with physical, statistical and data-driven modelling. The PhD researcher will investigate how changes in soil moisture and vegetation affect InSAR loop-closure signals, and...

Elise Jakoby Laugier is recruiting an MS or PhD student to join the LEGASYS Lab at Utah State University in research spanning remote sensing, GIS, and geospatial artificial intelligence . The student will contribute to a UtahView-funded project investigating historical land-use and landscape change in Utah. The research will draw on historical aerial photography and satellite imagery, combining geospatial programming with applied remote sensing methods. Potential research activities include mach...

Fully funded PhD opportunity: Beyond Cooling explores how climate-robust urban environments can better protect people from extreme heat and heat-related health risks in the UK. The project examines urban heat exposure and climate adaptation through a combination of remote sensing, GIS and spatial analysis. It will also investigate human mobility and heat exposure, heat-related health risks and inequalities, and the role of urban green and blue spaces under future climate scenarios. The research ...