Postdoctoral Fellow in Water Metrics

The Global Water Security Center (GWSC) at the University of Alabama and the Climate Measurements Center of Excellence (CMEC), physically located at the University of Vermont, seek a water-focused scientist or engineer for a new Postdoctoral Fellowship in Water Metrics.

The postdoc will join the interdisciplinary CMEC team focused on developing standardized frameworks, methods, and measurements to assess climate change impacts. The postdoc will work onsite in Alabama with GWSC, an applied research and operational center commissioned to respond to our nation’s need for water and environmental security insights, and will learn from and build on GWSC’s expertise in interdisciplinary research to operations.

We seek a postdoctoral candidate passionate about addressing global environmental challenges in the real world. The candidate should be a self-starter, analytically creative, willing to brainstorm, and ready to work closely with researchers across a range of disciplines to analyze water, weather, and climate data. We’re looking for a candidate with experience selecting, implementing, and evaluating a wide range of precipitation and surface water metrics. The project will involve both reviewing and writing up potential metrics and working with large datasets to conduct both spatial and temporal analysis of selected metrics. This is a one-year position renewable for up to three years.

Continuation in this position is contingent upon availability of external funding derived from research programs or specific projects. To best execute its mission, the Division of Research (DR) requires that postdoctoral scholars work on the campus of The University of Alabama.