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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Postdoc Opportunity: AI for Climate Downscaling over Antarctica @ KU Leuven</b></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Are you excited about combining AI, remote sensing, and climate modeling to address polar climate
challenges? Weβre hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher (30-month, fully funded) to join the Earthmapps team at KU Leuven (Belgium) as part of the ClimaVision project.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The position focuses on developing physically informed deep learning methods that integrate remote sensing data
to downscale regional climate models over Antarctica - enhancing projections of Surface Mass Balance (SMB) and surface melt.</span></p>
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Application deadline: November 4, 2025<br>
π© Contact: stef.lhermitte@kuleuven.be<br>
π Details & application: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60565099 </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><b>Stef Lhermitte </b></span></p>
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