2 posizioni RTDA presso UniCa

Si segnalano due posizioni RTDA presso l’Università degli Studi di Cagliari (UniCa, Sardegna, Italia) nel Dipartimento di Ingegneria civile e ambientale con scadenza il 15 Dicembre 2022. Le risorse integreranno il gruppo di Idrologia per una durata di 3 anni. Di seguito maggiori dettagli.

Bando n. 1 (di 2): Posizione di ricercatore triennale in “Quantitative Precipitation Nowcasting”

The hydrology group at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) is looking for one researcher for three years, fully funded by the NextGeneration EU program for the GeoSciences IR Project, coordinated by ISPRA (The Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research). The project will set-up a national network of infrastructures to improve monitoring and risk assessment in the different sectors of Earth Sciences.

The successful candidate will develop, in close collaboration with the research unit, precipitation ensemble nowcasting procedures based on different techniques (optical flow and deep learning), preserving scaling properties of observed precipitation. Developments in Quantitative Precipitation Nowcasting (QPN) will be implemented for near-realtime processing in an operational perspective, with an emphasis on radar data merging to take advantage of different data sources. The researcher will develop and test procedures on radar data retrieved in Sardinia, and specifically on the urban area of Cagliari, as well as on other case studies of the GeoScience network (18 partners among Italian Universities and Research institutions).

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent) with a
master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (e.g., Hydrology,
Engineering, Meteorology, Physics, Geosciences, ICT etc.) to apply.

The call is available at:

https://dirpersonale.unica.it/concorsi/valutazione/bandi_doc/materiale/ricercatori_td/1058_2022.zip

Call ID:  rtda11_29D_1122_08/A1

The deadline is December 15th and application must be completed online
here https://pica.cineca.it/

For further details and information on the online application, please
contact Roberto Deidda, rdeidda@unica.it or Maria Grazia Badas,
mgbadas@unica.it

Bando n. 2 (di 2): Posizione di ricercatore triennale in “Continuous Hydrological Modeling”

The hydrology group at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) is looking for one full time research fellow (RTDa) for three years. The position is fully funded by the NextGeneration EU program by the project RETURN – multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT coomUnities underR a changiNg climate. The selected candidate will work under the activiteis of the project spoke “Water”

The successful candidate will tailor continuous hydrological models,
specifically focused on arid ad intermittent watersheds, also in a
context of climate change. The research activity will lead to advanced
modeling of ungauged basins hydrological response, with particular
attention to flash floods. At the same time research will deepen the
effects of droughts compounds events through the assessment of
socio-hydrological direct impacts on the food sectors (i.e. wheat yield)
and more generally on local ecosystems.

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent) with a
master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (e.g., Hydrology,
Engineering, Physics, Geosciences, etc.) to apply.

The call is available at:

https://dirpersonale.unica.it/concorsi/valutazione/bandi_doc/materiale/ricercatori_td/1068_2022.zip

Call ID: rtda2_16D_1122_08/A1

The deadline is December 15th and application must be completed online
here https://pica.cineca.it/

For further details and information on the online application, please
contact Roberto Deidda, rdeidda@unica.it or Francesco Viola,
viola@unica.it