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The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise with a passion for humanitarian and disaster-related research.</p>\n\n\n<p><b><b>Duties and Responsibilities</b></b></p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Conceive, design, prototype and implement solutions to collect and analyze complex data on flood hazard and its impacts on the built environment</li>\n<li>Support the testing and implementation of machine learning algorithms and their integration within the flood risk analysis framework</li>\n<li>Analyze flood adaptation measures for coastal and riverine flooding for select cities in South-East Asia</li>\n<li>Develop flood damage models appropriate for select case-study cities</li>\n<li>Supervise and mentor junior colleagues, as needed</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<p><b><b>Requirements</b></b></p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>PhD degree in quantitative earth, environmental system or environmental engineering sciences or related fields</li>\n<li>Experience with developing flood damage models</li>\n<li>Experience with flood modeling tools and state-of-the-art software, especially the Deltares flood modeling suite</li>\n<li>Experience with machine learning and its application for flood risk modelling</li>\n<li>Demonstrated ability to publish high-quality research</li>\n<li>Self-driven, highly motivated, collaborative, with interest to work with other researchers and scientists (team player) to produce high-quality and impactful research</li>\n<li>Interest in the field of natural hazards and reducing their impacts on society</li>\n<li>Excellent oral and written communication skills in English</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<p>Interested applicants are invited to submit a full CV, work samples and names and contact details of two referees.</p>\n\n\n<p>Enquiries can be sent to Ms. Sanjana Tadepalli (<a data-mz=\"\" href=\"mailto:sanjana.tadepalli@ntu.edu.sg\" rel=\"no-follow\">sanjana.tadepalli@ntu.edu.sg</a>).</p>\n\n\n<p><b>We regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified.</b></p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Hiring Institution:</strong> NTU</p>\n\n\n","pdfUrl1":null,"location":"Singapore","location1":"아시아","location2":null,"location3":null,"type":"2","applyUrl":"https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/NTU-Main-Campus-Singapore/Research-Fellow--Flood-Risk-Analysis-_R00001552-1","fileUrl1":null,"fileUrl2":null,"fileUrl3":null,"fileUrl4":null,"fileUrl5":null,"fileUrl6":null,"fileUrl7":null,"workingHour":"Full Time","contractType":"Permanent","salary":null,"original_id":"UNI|222661","original_domain":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs","original_url":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/222661/research-fellow-flood-risk-analysis/?LinkSource=PremiumListing","original_isPremium":"true","closeType":2,"closedAt":null,"requireEducation":0,"managerTel":null,"managerFax":null,"managerEmail":"sanjana.tadepalli@ntu.edu.sg","managerName":"NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY","managerPhone":null,"managerAddress":null,"log_hit":0,"log_like":0,"publishState":1,"organizationName":null,"organizationName_en":null,"organizationName_alt":null,"createdAt":"2020-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2020-09-18T12:01:05.000Z"},"organization":{"organizationId":507,"lv1Id":null,"lv2Id":null,"name":"Nanyang Technological University, Singapore","name_en":"Technological University","name_alt":",Nanyang Technological University,NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,","introduction":"<p>A research-intensive public university, NTU Singapore has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the colleges of Engineering, Business, Science, and Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and at its Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine which was established jointly with Imperial College London.</p><p> </p><p>Named the world’s fastest-rising young university by Times Higher Education, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is also one of the youngest in the global league of universities.</p><p> </p><p>Its 200-hectare (500 acres) garden campus has frequently been named among the Top 15 most beautiful in the world. An environmentally sustainable campus, 95 per cent of its buildings are Green Mark Platinum-certified (equivalent to LEED-Platinum certification in the USA).</p><p>Beyond its picturesque buildings and lush greenery, NTU has a vision to transform its vast grounds into a Smart Campus that embraces digital technology to support learning and discovery, and improve the sustainability of resources.</p><p> </p><p>The NTU Smart Campus is already a living testbed for various sustainable and energy-efficient technologies. NTU strives to serve as a model for other communities in Singapore and around the globe by demonstrating how advanced tech-enabled solutions can help improve everyday life in a sustainable manner.</p><p> </p><p>For example, on the NTU Smart Campus, it already has a number of partnerships with leading players such as BMW, Volvo Bus, Blue Solutions and SMRT to drive the future of smart transportation, developing solutions for both electric and autonomous vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>Interdisciplinary in focus, NTU’s high-impact research includes areas of global concern, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, sustainability, healthcare, new media and future learning. It hosts two national research centres of excellence, the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), tackling important questions in environment and medicine.</p><p> </p><p>NTU is also home to world-class institutes. The National Institute of Education trains all teachers in Singapore, which is known for having one of the most successful education systems in the world. 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