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University of Texas at Austin
United States
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Graduate Student Opportunity (Ph.D. or M.S.) in the COMPOUND Flood Lab at The University of Texas at Austin , within the Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering. The lab is seeking one motivated graduate student to join in Fall 2027 . Research interests include compound flooding , debris–structure–wave interactions , and/or flood risk assessment , with methods spanning numerical modeling , machine learning , and remote sensing . Applicants from Civil Engineering ,...
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University of Alabama in Huntsville
United States
3 weeks ago
M.S. and PhD graduate research opportunities are available at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (USA) in hydrology and Earth system science . The research group works on topics including hydrologic and land surface modeling , soil moisture and soil hydrology , evapotranspiration (ET) including satellite-based ET, satellite remote sensing and Earth observations , drought and hydroclimate , and applications in agriculture , forestry , and ecosystem science . Funding may be available for sele...
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University of Texas at Austin
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United States
3 weeks ago
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A graduate student opportunity is available for Ph.D. or M.S. study starting Fall 2027 at the COMPOUND Flood Lab in the Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin . The project focuses on compound flooding , debris–structure–wave interactions , and/or flood risk assessment , with research methods including numerical modeling , machine learning , and remote sensing . The post also highlights interest in applicants with experience i...
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University of Kansas
United States
2 months ago
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...
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University of Kansas
United States
2 months ago
PhD and MS opportunities are available in the Ecohydrology Lab at Kansas State University for students interested in grassland ecohydrology , hydrology , ecology , plant ecophysiology , soil science , and related environmental research. The lab studies interactions between ecological and hydrological processes in grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, with a focus on how vegetation influences water movement and critical zone function under changing climate and land-use conditions. Research can be...
2 months ago
Oklahoma State University
United States
4 months ago
The Hydrological Extremes Lab at Oklahoma State University is seeking a student for a funded Graduate Research Assistantship starting Fall 2026 . This opportunity is for an M.S. or Ph.D. student interested in flood modeling and management , with research themes including flood characterization , hydrological modeling , flood risk assessment and management , hydrological extremes , and flood hazard research . The post indicates funding through a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) . No addition...
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University of Liege
Belgium
Ecology
Hydrology
Basin Analysis
Biogeochemistry
Water Resource Management
Professeur
University of Liege
Belgium
Crop Science
Soil Science
Drought Tolerance
Remote Sensing
Earth Observation
Visiting professor
Ghent University
Belgium
Pediatric Nutrition
Environmental Chemistry
Toxicology
Adsorption Science
Contaminant Remediation
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belgium
Hydrology
Oceanography
Water Resource Management
Ecohydrology
Freshwater Ecology
Full professor
Université catholique de Louvain
Belgium
Hydrology
Hydrogeology
Water Resource Management
Ecohydrology
Hydrometeorology
Professor at University of Liège (ULiège)
University of Liege
Belgium
Hydrology
Fluid Mechanics
Hydraulic Engineering
Channel Flow
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

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