The Ph.D. candidate should have a background in civil/environmental engineering, earth and environmental sciences, or related disciplines. A solid background in mathematics, statistics and data analysis is recommended. In addition, programming skills (e.g., MATLAB, R project, Python), GIS knowledge, and experience in re-analysis, climate model and remote sensing data retrieval and elaboration will be positively evaluated. A willingness for international mobility is also recommended, as well as an attitude to work in a collaborative environment, with an interdisciplinary approach.

The research activity will be carried out at the Department of Engineering, University of Messina. Within the Research Group of Water Engineering and Hydrology coordinated by Prof. Giuseppe T. Aronica. The Group includes an Associate Professor and other members (Ph.D. students, Post-Docs, and Research Assistants) and covers research topics related to water resources management, stochastic hydrology applied to the analysis of extreme hydrometeorological events, drought and flood risk management, hydrological and hydraulic river basin modeling, among others. The Research Group collaborates with several other research groups in Italy and abroad.