Open PhD position: Hydrology and Land Management – TU Wien

[David K]

Open PhD position: Hydrology and Land Management – TU Wien


We are inviting applications for:

A PhD student position on "Reduction of pluvial floods through optimised land management", a project carried out jointly by the Vienna University of Technology and the Austrian Federal Agency for Water Management. The position is for a 3 year period, starting in September 2023. The workplace will be in Petzenkirchen, Lower Austria.



Your tasks:

·       Exciting field work in Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL)
·       Hydrological modelling
·       Writing a dissertation and publishing papers
·       Presentation of results at conferences
·       Participation in organizational and administrative tasks


Your profile:

·       MSc or diploma degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering or an equivalent natural science university degree in Austria or abroad
·       Experience with hydrological modelling and/or hydrological field work is an advantage
·       Programming skills with Matlab, Python or R
·       Advanced language skills in German


We offer:

·       Varied and exciting tasks and responsibilities in a collegial team
·       Tasks include field work in the HOAL: <https://hoal.hydrology.at/the-hoal>https://hoal.hydrology.at/the-hoal
·       Excellent networking with the national and international research community
·       Attractive social benefits: <https://url.tuwien.at/jcgpb>https://url.tuwien.at/jcgpb
·       Wide range of training opportunities, participation in national and international conferences
·       Support with career options after graduation

Remuneration is based on the minimum remuneration of salary group B1 according to the collective agreement for university employees with a current amount of EUR 3.277,30 gross/month (14 times per year) for a full time employment of 40 hours. Job-related periods of previous employments can be credited.

We look forward to receiving your email application as a pdf-file by 31 August 2023 to bloe...@hydro.tuwien.ac.at

Günter Blöschl


Univ. Prof. Dr. Günter Blöschl
Head, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, TU Wien www.hydro.tuwien.ac.at
Director, Centre for Water Resource Systems, TU Wien www.waterresources.at
Senator, Helmholtz Association, www.helmholtz.de
Dr. hc. Univ. Bologna <https://youtu.be/sDLYRduRsKM>https://youtu.be/sDLYRduRsKM
FloodChange floodchange.hydro.tuwien.ac.at
Experimental Hydrology HOAL.hydrology.at
Nature paper: Changing climate both increases and decreases European river floods  rdcu.be/bPKT7
Nature paper: Current European flood-rich period exceptional compared with past 500 years rdcu.be/b5MsG
Nature comm. paper: Climate and land management accelerate the Brazilian water cycle  https://rdcu.be/cUL8n  
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