Postdoc and PhD opportunities at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

[Judy Yang]

Dear colleagues,

 My group (https://yang.cege.umn.edu/ ) at the University of Minnesota -Twin Cities is seeking a motivated postdoc and a graduate student. We have projects related to sediment transport, subsurface transport, and microbe-sediment-fluid interactions. Laboratory experience and background in fluid mechanics or hydrology or microbiology are preferred. Interested applicants are welcome to directly contact Dr. Judy Yang (judy...@umn.edu). 

The University:  The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMN, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The University is a member of the Association of American Universities and is ranked 20th in research activity, with $1.04 billion in research and development expenditures in the fiscal year 2020. In 2001, the University of Minnesota was included in a list of Public Ivy universities, which includes publicly funded universities thought to provide a quality of education comparable to that of the Ivy League. The environmental engineering program of UMN ranked 9^th in US NEWS Rankings in 2023.

Program/Unit Description: St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) is an interdisciplinary fluid mechanics research center, renowned for its fluid mechanics facilities, scientists, and engineers. SAFL has various facilities for fluid mechanic, hydrology, and soil related experiments. SAFL has its own machine shop and engineering staff.

 

Best,

Judy