We have an opening for a funded PhD position in the Coastal Risks and Engineering (CoRE) Lab at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando. Information on our research group can be found here: https://core-lab.weebly.com/.
The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Thomas Wahl and Co-advised by Dr. Ivan Haigh in the Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering Department (CECE) and Center for Integrated Coastal Research (UCF Coastal). The candidate will support projects funded by different federal and state agencies focused on assessing and reducing coastal risks from sea level rise and hydrometeorological extremes such as storm surges, waves, precipitation, or compound events.
Required background and skills: MSc in Coastal or Civil Engineering (Water Resources track) or closely related field (e.g., Environmental Engineering, Statistics, Physical Oceanography, Geography). Candidates must be proficient in at least one of the common technical programing languages such as MATLAB, R, Python, or Julia, and have good communication and interpersonal skills.
One or more of the following skills are desired: experience in non-stationary/multivariate extreme value analysis; machine learning with earth science applications (ideally coastal); hydrodynamic modelling for coastal applications.
Please submit your application package including a cover letter, updated CV, transcripts, and contacts of two references here: https://forms.gle/e9j1xjN6ieAoE8Cs7
The start date for the position is Fall 2027. Review of applications will take place on a rolling basis starting October 1st and the position will be open until filled. Note that UCF’s deadline for international students to apply to the graduate program is December 1st.
