2 PhD positions (4 years, fully funded) on sediment pathways within nourished coastal systems

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Price, T.D. (Timothy)

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Jun 30, 2024, 3:04:52 PM (3 days ago) Jun 30

to coastal_list, Matthieu de Schipper

Hi all,

As part of the SOURCE programme – Sand nOUrishment strategies for sustainable Coastal Ecosystems - we offer 2 PhD positions:

1. The Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University seeks a PhD candidate to work on the quantification of sediment pathways within nourished coastal systems.

All information, also on how to apply, can be found here: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/phd-quantification-of-sediment-pathways-within-nourished-coastal-system

Application deadline: 7 July

2. The Department of Hydraulic Engineering at Delft university of Technology seeks a PhD candidate to work on Nourishment Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport.

All information, also on how to apply, can be found here: https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/details?jobId=18008&jobTitle=PhD%20Position%20Nourishment%20Hydrodynamics%20and%20Sediment%20Transport%20(SOURCE)

Application deadline: 21 July

Large-scale sand nourishment has been essential in the Dutch government’s strategy to sustainably maintain flood protection levels along the Dutch coast for more than 30 years. Nourishment volumes will have to increase to keep up with the expected acceleration in sea level rise. Currently, however, there is a lack of fundamental knowledge on how the nourished sand finds its way through the coastal system, and what the long-term, cumulative effects are for the coast as an ecosystem. These projects are part of the SOURCE programme, in which we will study how carefully planned sand nourishments in the present may create the required and desired resilient and dynamic multifunctional coastal landscapes of the future.

In PhD project 1, your main task will be to develop the understanding and approaches for quantifying sediment pathways of nourished sand along the sandy Dutch North Sea coast. For this, you will combine long-term (50+ years) datasets and satellite imagery of the nourished Dutch coast, combined with novel data from dedicated SOURCE Living Labs. Together, this will provide the opportunity for learning how coastal zones respond to repeated and large-scale nourishment.

In PhD project 2, your main task will be to examine the morphological development of shoreface nourishments. Understanding the hydrodynamics and sediment transport are key in this research. You will therefore use state-of-the-art field equipment and strategic numerical modelling to unravel the physical processes shaping nourishments. This will ultimately contribute to the robustness of (Dutch) sandy coasts to climate change and the safety of its people against flood hazards.

Through close collaboration between the 2 PhD candidates we together aim to bridge the gap between the processes that drive nourishment-scale morphodynamics and sediment pathways at the scale of the Dutch coast. Through collaboration with other researchers and stakeholders within the SOURCE programme, you will co-create multifunctional sand nourishment strategies for a resilient dynamic coast with high socio-economic and natural values.

Please feel free to share this vacancy. For questions, please get in touch with Timothy Price: t.d....@uu.nl (PhD UU) or Matthieu de Schipper: m.a.des...@tudelft.nl (PhD TUD).

Kind regards,

Timothy Price

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