Research Scientist In Climate, Land And Water Resources (80 To 100%) At Wyss Academy

Your tasks
Assess state and trends in climate, water resources, land cover and vegetation in the Ewaso Ng'iro
North River basin using available observations, and co-develop hypotheses to advance understanding of emerging signals in water and biodiversity changes.
Provide future projections of the regional climate of the Ewaso Ng'iro basin using available model projections by performing statistical downscaling and bias corrections, if necessary.
Analyse climate change scenarios for hydrological and vegetation modelling.
Support scientific collaborations with local partners (IGAD ICPAC, UoN, SEKU, CETRAD).
Support other transdisciplinary research linked to incubators of the East Africa Hub.
Supervision of PhD, MSc or intern students (if applicable) would be possible (no teaching requirements).

Your qualifications
PhD in Climate/Atmospheric/Earth/Environmental sciences or a related field (PhD degree to be completed or expected to be completed by the start of the position).
Work experience in one of the following areas: 1) climate change and its impacts, particularly on vegetation or water resources, global or regional climate modelling or statistical downscaling.
Tools/methods (mandatory): Strong background in climate processes, proficient with data analyses (observations and climate models of various complexity), knowledge of statistical analysis, proficient with programming tools, such as Python or R.
Tools/Methods (optional): Knowledge of African climate is a plus, experience with remote sensing data, experience with dynamical or statistical downscaling techniques, and bias correction methods, experience with Linux and High-Performance Computing systems.
Very good skills in English (oral and wri?en) are mandatory, Kiswahili is a plus.