Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas - IPT and Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG) / Universidade de São Paulo- USP

IAG/USP is coordinating the Project entitled “Science Center for the Development of Water Security in Critical Zones” in cooperation with IPT and other USP Laboratories to provide solutions and improvements in addressing water and food security issues in Water Resource Management Units in the State of São Paulo/Brazil and hydrologically contributing areas in neighboring states, with an emphasis on risk management at the local and regional scale.

Homepage: https://www.iag.usp.br/

The Science Center for the Development of Water Security in Critical Zones, supported by FAPESP and located at IAG/USP, offers a Postdoctoral (PD) Fellowship to develop weather radar algorithms for nowcasting of rainfall, flash floods, floods, and urban flooding based on the TITAN software methodology with the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) techniques. The algorithm will use data from the X and S band polarimetric weather radars available in the project for hydroclimatological applications in Water Security, with an emphasis on the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.

The candidate must have experience in: weather radar, developing weather radar nowcasting software for rainfall forecasting, forecasting urban flooding, flash floods, and floods, Computer programming, AI modeling and ANN, GIS tools and statistical analysis.

The position is open to citizens of all nationalities. The FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship provides a monthly stipend of R$ 12,570.00, 36 months, and additional 10% of Technical Reserve for research-related expenses. More details visit https://fapesp.br/en/postdoc.

Please submit an e-mail wih the subject “PD FAPESP IAG/USP – Radar Nowcasting” to lcb-aca@iag.usp.br including the following documents in PDF format:

(I) A FAPESP-standard Curriculum Summary (Súmula Curricular modelo FAPESP - https://fapesp.br/6351/instructions-for-the-elaboration-of-a-curricular-summary );

(II) Proof of prior experience including articles and conference papers;

(III) A Letter of Interest, containing information about your technical skills and strategic vision of the proposed work;

(IV) Recommendation letter from PhD advisor.