Research assistant in Urban Hydrology

Research assistant in Urban Hydrology

At the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of Department of the Built Environment in Aalborg, a position as Research Assistant in the Urban Hydrology Research group is open for appointment from 1 May 2025 to 30 November 2026 or soon hereafter. The position is available for a period of 1 year and 7 months and involves research in urban hydrology with a focus on weather radar rainfall, weather radar nowcasting and stormwater management.

Jobbeskrivelse
The Urban Hydrology Research Group at the Department of the Built Environment is a leading research team specializing in urban hydrology and climate, urban drainage and stormwater management, environmental hydraulics, and weather radar technology and its applications. Among other areas, our work includes developing accurate and reliable rainfall nowcasts, which are essential for predicting hydrological and hydraulic loads in urban drainage systems. These forecasts support effective system control, modeling, and hazard warnings. Weather radar technology provides high-resolution measurements in both time and space, offering significant advantages for rainfall monitoring. Additionally, radar systems detect precipitation before it reaches a specific catchment, enabling near-future rainfall forecasting(nowcasting) and improving predictions of urban water system loads.

Qualification requirements
The successful candidate must hold a relevant master’s degree in civil engineering and have extensive experience in urban drainage, rainfall-runoff processes, and stormwater management. Additionally, strong skills in mathematics, statistics, and programming are expected. The research group develops weather radar algorithms in the MATLAB programming environment; therefore, experience with MATLAB is an advantage.

Experience with weather radar rainfall data and radar data processing is required for this position. The candidate will develop and operate real-time warning systems, making experience with real-time systems essential. Furthermore, a strong interest in, as well as knowledge of and preferably experience with, opportunistic rainfall measurements and remote sensing by satellite is beneficial. The position involves experimental work and experimental design; therefore, the candidate must have experience in experimental research, designing experimental setups, and data analysis.

The Urban Hydrology Research Group is actively involved in the Water and Environment and Physical Geography B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs at the department. Relevant teaching or supervisory experience within these programs is preferred. Additionally, knowledge of and experience with Geographic Information Systems(GIS) is required.

Appointment to Research Assistant may be for a period of up to three years. Reappointment may be made, but a Research Assistant can only be appointed to Research Assistant for a period of maximum three years. Further information regarding guidelines, ministerial circular in force and procedures can be seenhere.

The application must contain the following:

• Cover Letter(a motivated text wherein the reasons for applying, qualifications in relation to the position, and intentions and visions for the position are stated).
• Current CV(including personal data).
• Copy of relevant diplomas(Master of Science and, if any, PhD- both in english).
• Scientific qualifications. You may attach up to 5 publications(optional).
• Dissemination qualifications, including participation on committees or boards, participation in organisations and the like(optional).
• References/recommendations.

The applications are only to be submitted online by using the"Apply online" button below.

Assessment
The assessment of candidates for the position will be carried out by qualified experts.

Shortlisting will be applied. This means that after the application deadline, the head of the department, with the assistance of the hiring committee, will select the applicants to be assessed. All applicants will be informed whether they have been shortlisted for assessment or not.

When the hiring process is completed, a final rejection will be sent to the applicants who are not considered for the position.

Contact information
You may obtain further professional information from Professor Michael R. Rasmussen by [email protected] or phone(+45) 9940 8485.

For further information concerning the application procedure please contact HR support by [email protected]

The hiring process at Aalborg University may include a risk assessment as a tool to identify potential risks associated with new hires, ensuring the safety, compliance, and integrity of the workplace.

AAU wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background or belief.

Løn og ansættelsesvilkår
The employment is in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities(the Appointment Order) and the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the collective agreement between the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the state(AC collective agreement)(only in Danish) and circular concerning protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities(only in Danish).

Ansøgningsfrist
2025-03-06

Ref. nummer
2025-224-06254

Afdeling
Department of the Built Environment