PhD and MSc Positions Available
University of Oklahoma
Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Assistant professor Hernan A. Moreno is looking for graduate students who want to join his research
group at the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability (DGES,
http://geography.ou.edu/index.php) within the School of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
(http://www.ou.edu/ags.html) at the University of Oklahoma, for the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016
semesters. A bachelor degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, Geology, Geography,
Meteorology or related discipline with emphasis in water resources, hydrology and hydrometeorology
is desired. Graduate studies and skills in hydroinformatics and numerical modeling are a plus.
Applicants must submit GRE, TOEFL (only international applicants whose first language is not
English), unofficial transcripts, statement of interest, names of two academic references and a writing
sample in English. A broad and exciting list of potential research topics includes:
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Evaluation of climate global circulation models.
Hydrologic assessment of quantitative precipitation estimates and forecasts.
Hydrologic effects of climate and land cover change in water supply basins.
Distributed hydrologic modeling for flood forecasting.
Tropical hydrology and paired basin modeling under land cover/land use change.
To be considered as a candidate for graduate studies in the DGES please follow the instructions in the
Department's website http://geography.ou.edu/index.php/academics/grad. Please visit Hernan Moreno's
professional website http://www.public.asu.edu/~hamoreno/index.html to have an idea of the type of
research work to develop while at OU. Students can pursue degrees (MS and PhD) in Environmental
Sustainability and Geography. Please contact Dr. Hernan Moreno at hmorenor@uwyo.edu for more
information and details on this opportunity.