The candidate should have general skills in the field of1) Basics of Mathematics, and Physics, Earth Sciences (geology, climate, hydrology), and Climate Change. 2) Basics of programming, and use of scientific soft-wares (e.G. Matlab, Excels, ARCGISs, Python, etc..)3) Acceptable knowledge of English, spoken, written.

Politecnico di Milano is a public University, strongly oriented towards scientific and technological research, ranked as the 1st Italian Technical University, and one of the top technical universities in Europe. The team contributing to this project (POLIMI unit) the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering DICA, and to the Water Science and Engineering (SIA) section. The department has 14 laboratories, including the “Gaudenzio Fantoli” hydraulic laboratory with several measuring, modeling and computational facilities and devices. The research activities of the Water Science and Engineering Groups (SIA Section, 9 permanent staff, 10+ PhD students, 3+ Temporary Research Assistants) cover the study of climate change, hydrometeorology, design and construction of water structures, such as irrigation canals, river defenses, aqueducts and sewers, inland and maritime waterways, hydroelectric plants, reclamation and water management. With Daniele Bocchiola as the coordinator, Climate-LAB is the Interdepartmental Climate Change Laboratory of Politecnico. The C-Lab (https://www.Climatelab.Polimi.It) has a dedicated space within Politecnico, a staff of 10+ professors from four participating departments, 5 people (PhD students) dedicated to the management of the Lab, and has a reservoir of expertise in the field of water resources, climate change science, mitigation and adaptation strategies, IPCC data handling, and scenario making.