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Contract under the University Teacher Training Programme (FPU – Formación Profesorado Universitario) Spain
Do you have a degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental, Industrial, Naval or Forestry Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry…), Biology, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences, Mathematics, or Physics? Are you enrolled in an official master’s degree in the European Higher Education Area.? Are you interested in doing a doctoral thesis?
POTENTIAL RESEARCH LINES
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE SERVICES
- Modelling and analysis of meteoceanographic data
- Climate characterization
- Hydroclimatology
- Operational systems
- Climate change risks and adaptation
MARINE ENERGIES AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING
- Marine wind power
- Wave power
- Offshore structures
- Marine operations
PORT MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING
- Numerical and experimental analysis of port infrastructures
- Integrated port design
- Port management and operations
- Probabilistic design of port infrastructures
- Hydrodynamics of waves and their interaction with structures
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING (Coastal and freshwater ecosystems)
- Characterization of aquatic ecosystems
- Natural spaces and conservation of ecosystems
- Biological resources and aquaculture
- Water quality
- Ecosystem services
- Environmental impact assessment
- Environmental economics
- Remote sensing applied to the management of the natural environment
WATER RESOURCES AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
- Supply and sanitation systems
- Integrated watershed management
- Marine outfalls and desalination plants
- Water resources and droughts management
COASTAL MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING
- Numerical and experimental analysis of littoral morphodynamics
- Integrated management of the coastline and maritime space
- Tracking and monitoring the coast
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
- Flooding risk
- Erosion risks
- Tsunami risk
- Accidental spills
- Climate change risks and adaptation
If you have a good academic record, a good level of English and a strong desire to work in a multidisciplinary and international environment, submit your FPU application to come and complete your PhD at IHCantabria (Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria).
This is your opportunity if you consider yourself a “young talent” and want to develop your thesis within the framework of the PhD Programme in Coastal Engineering, Hydrobiology and Management of Aquatic Systems of the University of Cantabria (IH2O).
FUNDED by: Ministry of Universities.
DEADLINE: 17 December 2021 at 14:00h, peninsular time.
LINK: Check the call for applications here
REQUIREMENTS: fulfil the conditions of the FPU 2021 call.
DURATION: up to 4 years
If you are interested, please contact: info@ihcantabria.com