Postdoctoral Researcher, Hydrological Modelling
Postdoctoral Researcher, Hydrological Modelling
Aalto University - School of Engineering
Espoo, Finland
The Water and Environmental Engineering research group offers position for a talented and motivated postdoctoral researcher, who is specialized in computational hydrology, hydrological modelling and/or water quality and solute transport modelling. The postdoctoral researcher candidate will study catchment hydrological processes and environmental loads as well as stream flow processes under changing land uses and climate forcing in areas of diverse land use from agricultural and forested areas to urban and constructed areas. The positions links to the Digital Waters (DIWA) Flagship.
The postdoctoral researcher will work in the research themes of the Digital Waters (DIWA) Flagship funded by the Research Council of Finland. The researcher works with the DIWA theme leader, prof. Harri Koivusalo and his team. DIWA Flagship aims to form, facilitate and foster a new generation of the water sector. DIWA enables a transition towards the digital representation of real-world water systems (Digital Twin) to reproduce hydrological storages, their states, fluxes and processes, as well as ecosystem responses with novel options for improved scenario analysis, planning and governance. The candidate would become a part of a multidisciplinary team of experts. In addition to Aalto University, DIWA Flagship includes experts from several Finnish universities and institutes, e.g. University of Oulu, University of Turku, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, and Finnish Meteorological Institute. The work within DIWA will aim for enhancing water security through digital models, and Digital Twins created from the supersites of the consortium.
The post-doctoral researcher would overall concentrate on Research Theme 3 “Integrated analysis and modelling” of DIWA Flagship, more precisely related to “Dynamic simulation models”. Methodologically the work can include: (1) harmonizing and preparation of meteorological, climate scenario, and catchment datasets in different northern European river basins, (2) development and application of hydrological and water quality / nutrient load models to simulation of spatially varied hydrological and load generation processes, and (3) preparation of models and their input and output to interlink with digital twins of land use domains within river basins.
Requirements
The position requires a strong theoretical background in computational hydrology, including for example hydrological modelling, land-surface processes, water resources management, nutrient and pollutant loads in river basins, and hydraulic modelling. Thus, applicants should have a doctoral degree in water and environmental engineering, hydrological sciences, environmental sciences, physical geography or other relevant fields of science. The doctoral degree should be awarded within past 5 years. We accept applications from persons at the final stage of their doctoral studies, but we expect you to have your doctoral degree completed before starting in the position.
For this position, the candidate should have skills in water resources research and development and application of simulation models. Skills in programming (Python or similar), geoinformatics, and quantitative analysis will be an asset.
The candidate must have high motivation and aptitude for research and must enjoy working as part of a team. Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English are essential. The candidate must be able to generate bright scientific ideas and propose new methodological solutions. We also expect the candidate to work independently, and write research funding proposals and scientific articles, and participate in teaching.
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