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<p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The Environmental Hazard & Climate Resilience (EHCR) Lab integrates remote sensing, Earth system modeling, and machine
learning to study climate-related hazards such as wildfire, drought, and flood, and their impacts on ecosystems and human communities. The group recruits 2 PhD students in Fall 2026 with</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; background-color: white;"> 5
years of tuition and stipend, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">personalized mentorship and ample opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and international engagement. The PhD students are expected
to carry out research related to extremes, including but not limited to: <b>(1) next-generation fire modeling: ignition, spread, and suppression; (2) changes in fire behavior and impacts in a changing environment; and (3) high-resolution snow hydrology and
flood prediction.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b><a name="OLE_LINK7" data-outlook-id="dc9f348b-5496-4af4-ad15-9461fceabe09" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">About the PI</a></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Dr. </span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9-nafiEAAAAJ&hl=en" title="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9-nafiEAAAAJ&hl=en" data-outlook-id="6e83559e-4a62-4313-a62f-7215eaf983be" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Huilin
Huang</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at UVA. She received her Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
in 2021 and her B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from Nanjing University in 2015. During 2021-2024, she worked as a Postdoc and Research Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Dr. Huang’s research focuses on wildfire and land cover change,
terrestrial carbon cycling, and land-atmosphere interactions. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for
<i>Geophysical Research Letters</i>. Dr. Huang has led research projects funded by NASA and DOE, has served on the review panel for NASA research programs, and is an active member of several scientific initiatives, including the FireSat Earth Fire Alliance
Strategy Team and the WCRP–CMIP Fire Model Intercomparison Project. She has also served as a convener at international conferences such as AGU and AMS.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Next-generation fire modeling: ignition, spread, and suppression</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Changes in fire behavior and impacts in a changing environment</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">High-resolution snow hydrology and flood prediction.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">B.S. or M.S. degree in atmospheric science, geography, ecology, hydrology, environmental science, computer science, engineering, or a related field;</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Experience with programming and numerical modeling (Python, MATLAB, Fortran, WRF);</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Strong interest in Earth and environmental sciences.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">1-page cover letter (research interests/experience), CV, GRE/TOEFL scores (if applicable) send
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125); background-color: white;" role="presentation"><u><a href="http://huilin.huang@virginia.edu/" title="http://huilin.huang@virginia.edu/" data-outlook-id="5cbe3561-f424-4af1-992f-70129898dcdc" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">huilin.huang@virginia.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;" role="presentation">.</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation"><b>PhD applicants must also apply through the official UVA Graduate School portal</b> (link available on the UVA website). </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;" role="presentation">Departmental deadline
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation"><b>January 15, 2026;
</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;" role="presentation">Review expected in February 2026. </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Research-related questions: Prof. Huilin Huang (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);" role="presentation"><u><a href="mailto:huilin.huang@virginia.edu" title="mailto:huilin.huang@virginia.edu" data-outlook-id="4f788dd3-1099-4bb4-9627-67fc9e993928" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">huilin.huang@virginia.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">).</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>About the University of Virginia (UVA)</b></span></p>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;">Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, the University of Virginia is a leading public research university
and a member of the “Public Ivy” group. UVA is internationally recognized for its excellence in environmental sciences, engineering, computer </span></div>
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