Doctoral student impacts of climate and hydrological extremes water quality

Doctoral student on the impacts of climate and hydrological extremes on water quality

Climate:
Past, Present & Future (CL)
Hydrological Sciences (HS)
Natural Hazards (NH)

The NCCR CLIM+ supports Switzerland in the transformation towards a climate-resilient society. Together with stakeholders, the interdisciplinary NCCR CLIM+ research community tackles unexplored solution spaces to the climate crisis and develops a blueprint for actionable climate research worldwide. NCCR CLIM+ broadly communicates and shares knowledge, and trains a new generation of experts with the necessary domain and transdisciplinary knowledge.

• Study the effect of climate and hydrological extremes (e.g. heatwaves, droughts, and floods) on water quality (e.g. nutrients, oxygen)
• Use these process-related insights to develop data-driven models to predict water quality under climate change
• Publish your results in scientific journals and present them at national and international conferences

• A MSc degree in hydrology, climate sciences, environmental sciences, or a closely related field
• Strong hydrological process knowledge
• Experience in statistical and/or data-driven modeling
• Strong programming skills (ideally in Python and/or R)
• Experience in working with large datasets, ideally hydrological, meteorological or climate observations/simulations.
• Very good oral and written communication skills in English
• Command of one of the national languages is an asset
• Motivation to work in an interdisciplinary and international working environment and a collaborative mindset