PhD / PostDoc / Research Assistant Positions at Rice University

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Advisor: Pedram Hassanzadeh

The University of Chicago’s Climate Extremes Theory and Data Group has multiple postdoc, research scientist, and PhD positions in the following three topics (and at their intersections):

1) Extreme weather events and climate change (with a focus on dynamics and the extratropical atmospheric circulation)
2) Scientific deep learning for multi-scale nonlinear dynamical systems (with a focus on developing general, rigorous frameworks for explainability and analysis)
3) Applications of deep learning to improve analysis, modeling, and prediction of climate variability, weather extremes, and geophysical turbulence (with a focus on subgrid-scale modeling and spatio-temporal forecast/emulation). In particular, there are a few openings in this area for the DataWave project.

We are looking for highly motivated applicants with strong backgrounds in one or more of these areas: climate dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, applied math, scientific deep learning, numerical analysis, and turbulence physics.

All Ph.D. students and researchers will benefit from our group’s involvement in multi-institutional, international collaborative projects such as the Schmidt Futures-supported DataWave and NSF-supported GW-CSSI. They will also benefit from UChicago’s thriving and expanding programs in Climate Science, AI+Science, Computational and Applied Math, Data Science, and Climate Systems Engineering.

Postdoc Applicants:

More information about the potential projects, required qualifications, and application process can be found on this pdf. The start date is flexible (anytime from 1/1/2024 to 1/1/2025). Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The review will continue until all of the positions are filled. We encourage you to submit your application (or reach out) as soon as possible, even if you are interested in starting dates after the summer of 2024.. The start date is flexible. Applications that are received by Nov. 15, 2022 will receive full consideration. Review of applications will continue until the positions are filled.

Research scientist positions:

Outstanding applicants for the above positions with more than 3 years of postdoc experience will be considered for appointment as research scientists.

PhD applicants:

More information about the potential projects, required qualifications, and application process can be found on this pdf. Depending on an applicant’s research interests and educational background, they can apply to the Ph.D. programs in Geophysical Sciences, Computational and Applied Mathematics, or other disciplines in UChicago’s Physical Sciences Division.