Postdoctoral Fellow in Urban and Regional Climate Modeling

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The National University of Singapore invites applications for a research position focused on urban climate, hydroclimate, and regional climate modeling. The appointee will employ numerical modeling (e.g., WRF), observations, geospatial data, and AI/ML approaches to study interactions between climatic processes, cities, and people across scales.

Strong quantitative analysis, programming, and HPC skills are essential, along with a PhD in a relevant field and a track record of publishing in

Qualifications

• PhD in Geography, Atmospheric Science or Meteorology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Excellent programming skills (Fortran 90/95, Python, Bash) and ability to develop efficient workflows.
• Experience with high-performance computing.
• Experience configuring, executing, and analyzing global or regional climate models (e.g., WRF).
• Experience managing, processing, and visualizing large datasets including model output.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience publishing in peer-reviewed journals.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and analyze output from numerical modeling simulations.
• Develop and run computational workflows for climate simulations.
• Publish findings in peer-reviewed journals and present results to stakeholders.

Skills

Programming

HPC

Data analysis

Scientific communication

Publishing in journals

Education

PhD in Geography/Atmospheric Science

Tools

Fortran 90/95

Python

Bash

Job description

Company description

The National University of Singapore is the national research university of Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest higher education institution in Singapore

Job description

Climate change, from local to regional to global scale, coupled with rapid urban development, is reshaping interactions between climatic processes, cities, and people. This position seeks a researcher to advance fundamental and applied research in urban climate, hydroclimate and regional climate modeling, heat-health impacts, or energy. Depending on the candidate's expertise, research may examine how cities modify climatic forcing and multi-scale environmental conditions, as well as how climatic forcing affects urban systems, including hydroclimatic extremes, human exposure and health outcomes, and energy demand. The successful candidate will utilize numerical modeling (e.g., WRF or similar), observations, geospatial data, data-driven, and/or AI/ML approaches to better understand these interactions and their consequences across spatial and temporal scales.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

This position requires strong quantitative analysis and modeling skills centered on conducting and analyzing output from numerical modeling simulations. Key requirements include:

• A PhD degree in Geography, Atmospheric Science or Meteorology, Engineering, or a related field
• Excellent programming skills (e.g., Fortran 90/95, Python, Bash/shell scripting) and demonstrated ability to develop efficient computational workflows
• Demonstrated experience with high-performance computing
• Demonstrated experience configuring, executing, and analyzing global or regional climate models (e.g., WRF or comparable modeling system)
• Demonstrated experience managing, processing, analyzing, and visualizing large and complex datasets, including numerical model output
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience publishing in peer-reviewed scientific journals

About the institute

The QS World University rankings place NUS in the top 15 universities in the world and number one in Asia. In the same rankings the Department of Geography is generally ranked among the top 10 Geography programmes globally. Further information on the Department is available at: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/geog

This position is available for one year, renewable for a second year contingent upon satisfactory performance. Salary will be commensurate with experience, and it will be aligned with the NUS salary scale. An annual bonus, dependent on performance, is also potentially available, in-line with NUS policy.

Hiring Procedures

Further enquiries can be directed to Prof Matei GEORGESCU. More information can be found at: https://discovery.nus.edu.sg/31796-matei-georgescu