Recruiting Graduate Students and Post-docs for CLaSH

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Hello all,

The Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH) has multiple positions opening for the coming AY2026/27 year. Students and post-docs will become part of a vibrant, interdisciplinary cohort engaged in CLaSH activities and connected with faculty, postdocs, and peers across the Center.

Participating students will be engaged with…

• Annual CLaSH meetings and workshops

• Student-focused events designed to build community and collaboration

• Building their professional network across dozens of academic institutions and partners

• Opportunities to work across hazard observatories in diverse landscapes

• Opportunities to engage in the design and implementation of interactive learning and outreach activities that advance community awareness and preparedness for land surface hazards

Prospective students should contact potential advisors directly. Current projects recruiting students include:

• Influence of the critical zone on landsliding processes (Puerto Rico) – Sean Gallen, Colorado State

• Biological weathering in tropical environments using omic tools. Vegetation controls on landslide initiation and post-landslide evolution (Puerto Rico) – Carla Restrepo, UPR Río Piedras

• AI-enabled geophysical sensors for process understanding of the rockfall–debris flow continuum (Southeast Alaska) – Josh Roering, University of Oregon

• Rapid event response and cascading hazards associated with seismic events (geographic location TBD) – Ben Mason, University of Nevada, Reno

• Geological and geotechnical characterization of mass-movement processes (Southeast Alaska) – Margaret Darrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks

• Interaction of landslide/debris-flow runout, river processes, and flooding (Appalachia) – Brian Yanites, Indiana University

• Quantifying atmospheric triggers of cascading hazards (geographic location TBD) – Jane Baldwin, UC Irvine

• Tracking the long-term “hazard hangover” and landscape recovery via remote sensing, fieldwork, and modeling (various locations, likely including California) – Josh West, University of Southern California

• Rapid event response with a focus on remote sensing data collection and interpretation and integration of data and models for new events (various locations). Also, design and implementation of interactive learning and outreach activities that advance community awareness and preparedness for land surface hazards.  – Marin Clark, University of Michigan

• Landslide forecasting and sedimentation in Puerto Rico – Stephen Hughes, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez

Post-docs: Postdoctoral positions have variable start dates. Reach out to individual post-doctoral mentors for more information. Positions will be available in the next 2 years to work with: Josh West, USC, Dimitrios Zekkos, UC Berkeley, and Stephen Hughes, U of Puerto Rico Mayaguez.   

For more information about the Center, visit: https://www.geoclash.org/ 

Sincerely,

The CLaSH Team

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