Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities

Several research opportunities are available for the 2007-2008 academic year. We seek highly motivated and creative individuals with a strong interest in understanding, characterizing, and modeling the occurrence, distribution, and transport of water in the natural environment from an earth system science perspective. Our research emphasizes issues of natural heterogeneity over a range of space and time scales and supports a wide range of contemporary hydrologic study areas including:

• Possible Enhancement of Hydrologic Cycle Due to Climate Change: Identification and Hydrologic Implications
• Remote Sensing of Surface Processes
• Scale Issues in Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Climate Modeling
• Remote Sensing of Water Quality and Water Borne Diseases: Detection, Modeling, and Prediction
• Development of Medium (several weeks) to Long (seasonal) Range Forecasting Tools for Water Resources Planning and Management in Developing Countries.

Students must have a bachelors or masters degree in one of the hydrology interfacing disciplines including but not limited to, atmospheric sciences, engineering, geography, geology, mathematics and physics. An excellent undergraduate education with a solid physical and mathematical background and computational skills are required. For more information and consideration for financial assistance, please contact me at shafiqul.islam@tufts.edu with a brief description of your educational background and research interests.