Open PhD position at Section Hydrology GFZ, Potsdam Germany

[PD Dr. Heidi Kreibich]

Dear Colleagues,

herewith I want to draw your attention to the open PhD position in my
group on the topic "Attribution of flood and drought impacts in Central
Europe".

We search for a PhD candidate to work in the Helmholtz funded project
“EXTREME-ADAPT - Quantifying the effect of adaptation measures on
spatiotemporal changes in flood and drought risk”. We seek a PhD
candidate with experience in machine learning, statistics and
programming and with interest in hydrological extremes and risk
research. The PhD candidate is expected to analyse timeseries of flood
and drought losses and their potential drivers with a focus on
establishing an automatic analyses process.

Start date: 1st January 2025
Fixed-term: 3 years
Salary: The position is classed as salary group 13 according to “TVöD
Bund (Tarifgebiet Ost)”
Working hours: Part-time 75% (currently 29.25 h/week)
Place of work: Potsdam

Application need to be uploaded via the GFZ application portal with
deadline 23rd October 2024. No deadline extension possible, applications
send via e-mail can not be considered!

For details see:
https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/karriere/stellenangebote/details/9841

Best regards

Heidi Kreibich

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PD Dr. Heidi Kreibich
Head of WG Flood risk and climate adaptation
Section Hydrology
Phone: +49 (0)331/6264-1550
Mobile: +49 (0)1742484472
Email: Heidi.K...@gfz-potsdam.de
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Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Foundation under public law of the federal state
of Brandenburg
Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam
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EGU Natural Hazards Division President
President of the International Commission on Human-Water Feedbacks (IAHS)
Paper:
The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management. Nature https://rdcu.be/cSYHo
Exploring the limits and gaps of flood adaptation. Nature Water https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00274-x
Toward impact-based monitoring of drought and its cascading hazards. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00457-2