Tenure Track Faculty Position in Catchment Science and Engineering

The EPFL School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor of Catchment Science and Engineering , located within the Institute of Environmental Engineering (Institut d’ingénierie de l’environnement, IIE).

The professor will be a member of EPFL’s Alpine and Polar Environment Research Center (ALPOLE), based at Sion in the Swiss Canton of Valais. Sion, in the heart of the Swiss Alps, is in close proximity to mountainous zones where effects of climate change on natural and urbanized environments are unmistakable.

C atchments are natural integrators of processes that span a range of scientific disciplines, and occur on multiple spatial and temporal scales. Climate change-induced modifications of catchment hydrology are well established, in contrast to concomitant changes in, e.g., geomorphological, biogeochemical and ecological functioning. Understanding these changes and the linkages between them involves a cross-disciplinary focus on different physical and biological systems occurring in impacted catchments.

We welcome applicants whose vision in catchment research extends across scales and disciplines, using a range of investigative tools including theory, modeling, data science, laboratory experiments and field measurements. As part of ALPOLE, the appointee will have excellent opportunities to work on mountainous and polar environments.

We seek an outstanding individual who will lead an internationally recognized research program that leverages the opportunities offered by EPFL. The professor will be committed to excellence in undergraduate and graduate level teaching, and will contribute to the Environmental Engineering program, which emphasizes basic and translational research as the foundation for environmental adaption and engineering design.