Understanding the processes controlling the concentration-discharge relationships in rivers - PhD position within Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network “BEYOND”
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Homepage: https://www.slu.se/soil
This fully funded PhD position is available under the recently launched Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Doctoral Networks (DN) project “BEYOND” Beyond the current: Improving European flowing waters in an era of global change. BEYOND will train the next generation of water professionals who will deliver scientific and technological innovation across disciplines, institutions and countries needed to solve European water quality problems in an era of global change.
This 4 year PhD position aims to explore long-term high-frequency (sub-hourly) water quality data from BEYOND experimental catchments to advance understanding of concentration-discharge (C-Q) relationships in diverse rivers and their catchments. The concentration-discharge relationship encapsulates information on hydrological and biogeochemical processes and can provide information on dominant pollution pressures.
The objectives of this PhD project include:
To establish C-Q relationships for multi-pollutants in diverse catchments and varying climatic conditions across temporal scales
To explain dominant processes encapsulated in the C-Q relationships
To test turbidity, conductivity, and UV-absorbance high-frequency measurements as proxies for multi-pollutants
As part of this PhD position, the Doctoral Candidate will have an opportunity to take part in short visits and secondments to BEYOND partners (Ulster University, CEAB-CSIC, INRAE, INTEL, Irish EPA and LUODE) for additional training and knowledge exchange.
The project will be supervised by Associate Professor Magdalena Bieroza (SLU, Sweden), Senior Researcher Susana Bernal (CEAB-CSIC, Spain) and Professor Phil Jordan (University of Ulster, UK).
The position duration is four years. You will be based in the Department of Soil and Environment (https://www.slu.se/en/departments/soil-environment/) located in Uppsala in Sweden.
More information on BEYOND project and PhD selection process can be found at the following websites: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101169293 and https://www.slu.se/en/departments/soil-environment/research/research-projects/beyond/
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https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=12113&rmlang=UK
The applicants must fill the BEYOND application form following the URL below forms.gle/rKrwomLcZr7Dwm9L9