PhD Researcher: Hydrology, GIS & Modeling

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH; España; Presencial; EUR 22.000 - 28.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH invites applications for a Researcher position in Civil Engineering and Water Science. The role focuses on torrential processes of hyperconcentrated flows, development of tools for alert systems and risk management, and hydrological modeling in river basins.

Responsibilities include data integration, model development and validation, writing scientific papers, and dissemination of results.

Formación

• Master in Civil Engineering is required.
• Experience in hydrological and geomorphological modelling is essential.
• GIS and Python programming skills are expected.

Responsabilidades

• Assess sediment availability and transport balances.
• Integrate and analyze monitoring data.
• Develop and validate geomorphodynamic and flow models.
• Model basin behavior and potential barrier sizing.
• Write scientific papers and disseminate results.
• Configure, calibrate, and analyze hydrological/hydrodynamic models.
• Use QGIS and Python for data processing.

Conocimientos

Hydrological modeling

Geomorphology

GIS

Python programming

Data analysis

Educación

Master's degree in Civil Engineering

Herramientas

QGIS

Python

Descripción del empleo

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH invites applications for a Researcher position in Civil Engineering and Water Science. The role focuses on torrential processes of hyperconcentrated flows, development of tools for alert systems and risk management, and hydrological modeling in river basins.

Responsibilities include data integration, model development and validation, writing scientific papers, and dissemination of results.