<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Dear Colleagues,</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit"><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">We are currently advertising a three-year PhD position on hydrologic modelling with remote sensing at the University of Glasgow.</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit"><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">I would be grateful if you could forward this to anyone who you think might be interested in this position.</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit"><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Many thanks,</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit"><br style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">John</span><div><font color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901960784313726)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dr John Xiaogang Shi</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Senior Lecturer in Hydrology and Climate Change</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Environmental Science and Sustainability</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">School of Interdisciplinary Studies</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">University of Glasgow | Dumfries | DG1 4ZL | UK</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Email: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="mailto:John.Shi@glasgow.ac.uk"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">John.Shi@glasgow.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Tel: +44 (0) 1387 702078</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Web: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/interdisciplinary/staff/johnshi/"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">www.gla.ac.uk/schools/interdisciplinary/staff/johnshi/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,system-ui,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">PhD Scholarship –
Strengthening drought resilience through a Big Data-based drought prediction
system for the Mekong Delta Region in Viet Nam</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></strong></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)">Eligibility</span></strong></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)">Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:</span></p>
<ul type="square" style="margin-bottom:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(52,53,54);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">First-class or 2.1
Bachelor's degree, or Master’s degree (or overseas equivalent), preferably
with a background of hydrology, atmospheric science, engineering or
environmental science.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(52,53,54);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Demonstrate an
interest in hydrologic modelling and/or remote sensing. Proficiency with
appropriate modelling tools is essential.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(52,53,54);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Have strong
numerical and analytical skills, and/or relevant programming experience.</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)">Award details</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></strong></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)">The scholarship is available as a +3 (3-year PhD) only. The
programme will commence in </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">October 2021</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)">. The
CoSS PhD Scholarship package includes:</span></p>
<ul type="square" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(52,53,54);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.1rem;padding:0.4rem;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">An annual
maintenance grant (stipend) indexed to the <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/ourresearchenvironment/prs/researchcouncilsfunding-rcuk/feesstipendlevels/#d.en.89184" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(52,53,54);text-decoration-line:none">RCUK rate</span></a>
(2021-22 rate estimated at £15,609 full-time)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(52,53,54);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.1rem;padding:0.4rem;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Fee waiver at the
standard Home or International rate</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(52,53,54);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.1rem;padding:0.4rem;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Recipients can
also draw on a Research Training Support Grant (RTSG)</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)">Closing Date</span></strong></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">30 April 2021</span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)"></span></b></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)">Contact details</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dr John Xiaogang Shi</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Senior Lecturer in Hydrology and Climate
Change, University of Glasgow</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Email: <span style="color:rgb(4,50,255)"><a href="mailto:John.Shi@glasgow.ac.uk" style="color:blue">John.Shi@glasgow.ac.uk</a></span></span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)">How to apply</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,53,54)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.1rem;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/socialsciences/studentfundingopportunities/postgraduateresearch/#d.en.781606,cossphdscholarship-strengtheningdroughtresiliencethroughabigdata-baseddroughtpredictionsystemforthemekongdeltaregioninvietnam" style="color:blue">https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/socialsciences/studentfundingopportunities/postgraduateresearch/#d.en.781606,cossphdscholarship-strengtheningdroughtresiliencethroughabigdata-baseddroughtpredictionsystemforthemekongdeltaregioninvietnam</a><span style="color:rgb(4,50,255)"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div></div>