I am recruiting a fully funded Ph.D. student to join my Lab and work on projects that integrate
satellite remote sensing, data science, and AI to study water resources and environmental
hazards/geohazards. The expected start date is ideally in Spring 2026. The successful candidate
will work on projects related to remote sensing of hydrologic and environmental hazards,
including (but not limited to):
• Satellite-based monitoring of floods, water bodies, or coastal sea level rise (solid earth),
or proglacial environmental hazards.
• Surface (and ground) water hydrology using NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean
Topography (SWOT) mission datasets
• Data fusion techniques and computational and machine learning tools using radar and
commercial satellites, and in situ observations
• Cryosphere and water cycle, and proglacial environment in cold environments
This is an exciting opportunity to work on water resource monitoring, hazard mapping, remote
sensing, and geophysical changes using SWOT data, recently launched NISAR data, or Gravity
data, as well as GNSS datasets. It offers opportunities to collaborate with diverse faculties,
including the Wilkes Center for Climate Science.
Position Details
• Start Date: January 2026 (Spring Semester)
• Duration: 4–5 years, fully funded (tuition, stipend, research support)
• Funding: Full tuition + competitive stipend + benefits
• Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Application Deadline- October 1, 2025.
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