SWAT-Related Job Announcements

Texas A&M AgriLife Research seeks an outstanding, innovative, and dynamic research faculty member in Forest Management and Natural Resources Modeling at the rank of Assistant Professor. The role involves collecting and analyzing data, developing models, and publishing research, training students, and securing external funding. The successful candidate will engage with industry professionals and collaborate with various stakeholders, including government agencies and academic colleagues, to address critical forestry issues such as reforestation, forest protection, and watershed management.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Forest Science or a closely related field, with experience in forest management research and strong quantitative skills. Preferred qualifications include prior academic or professional experience, grant writing abilities, and outreach experience with stakeholders. This position is based at the Texas A&M AgriLife Blackland Research and Extension Center in Temple, Texas, and is affiliated with the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology at Texas A&M University. Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a vision statement of research and service. The screening process begins on August 1, 2024.

The Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences(SGGW) is searching for a doctoral student for employment at the Department of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Water Management. The person employed at the position will implement research tasks in the scope of the project PRELUDIUM BIS 5 financed by the National Science Centre (NCN) entitled “Elevated atmospheric CO2 - a neglected source of uncertainty in future hydrological projections in different climate zones” (2023/50/O/ST10/00303).

Required qualification for this position, MSc title (environmental engineering, Earth sciences, agricultural sciences, environmental protection, applied mathematics, or related disciplines); And Excellent knowledge of the English language, permitting writing scientific papers, presentations at international conferences, and fluent communication with foreign partners.

Please send your application exclusively by email until 5 August 2024 to the following address: mikolaj_piniewski@sggw.edu.pl with message title “Preludium Bis PhD”. 

Please include the following documents, CV with information on scientific output; Cover letter in English; Copy of the Master’s diploma; Master thesis or selected scientific article with the candidate as the first author; Opinion of the scientific supervisor or a direct superior.

The Watershed Evaluation Group at the University of Guelph is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join the research team led by Dr. Wanhong Yang. The team members, comprising postdoctoral fellows, graduate, and undergraduate research assistants, have versatile expertise in watershed hydrologic modeling, integrated GIS, hydrologic and economic modeling, watershed evaluation of beneficial management practices (BMPs), and desktop GIS and WebGIS based interface tool development. The successful candidate for this position is expected to play an important role in several research projects that develop GIS based integrated economic-hydrologic modeling for evaluating cost effectiveness of BMPs in agricultural watersheds. There are also opportunities to enhance/develop nutrient and carbon cycling components of the watershed modeling. S/he should: 1) have a solid training on hydrology, geography, soil science, or related fields, 2) have hands-on experiences of applying watershed hydrologic models such as the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to conduct long-term simulations of runoff and its associated constituents (e.g., sediment and nutrients) at a watershed scale and/or biophysical models such as DNDC and DayCent, and 3) be familiar with commonly used GIS tools (e.g. ArcGIS). The demonstrated computer programming and relational database (such as PostgreSQL) skills would be an asset. This is a full-time, grant-funded research position for one year with possible renewal upon fund availability and a satisfactory performance.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vita/resume, a two-page statement of research experience and interest, and the contact information of three referees, to: Dr. Wanhong Yang, wayang@uoguelph.ca.