Assistant or Associate professor, Water quality management

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Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 16 000 students and 5 200 employees, including 446 professors. Our campus is in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community's diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community. The Department of Built Environment looks for practical solutions for a society whose functioning requires sustainable asset management, efficient water and waste management, sufficient water resources, reliable and safe transportationas well as valid geographic data. Through intelligent spatial planning, we create built environments that effectively meet the requirements of habitation, business, and mobility. We invite applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Water quality management (tenure track) We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic person for a full-time tenure track position in the field of freshwater quality management in natural and built environments, within the water and environmental engineering discipline. This Assistant or Associate Professor position will be part of the Aalto University tenure track system: Tenure track career path | Aalto University . The position is open in the Aalto University's Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group under the Department of Built Environment in the Aalto School of Engineering. The research group seeks to find solutions towards a more sustainable future and to tackle environmental degradation and resource scarcity from local to global level. The group's research and teaching focus on water resources management, environmental hydraulics, water and development, water governance, and water and wastewater engineering. We have state-of-the-art research infrastructure, including high-grade water quality and environmental hydraulics laboratories staffed by professionals. The position This professorship position on water quality management is situated in the field of water engineering, with focus on engineering applications and environmental planning particularly in the northern conditions. The position responds to the need to strengthen our research, education, and societal impact on the management of freshwater quality as well as related risks and solutions. Freshwater quality and its management in natural and built environments links with water security, water services and water infrastructures and is of key importance in sustainable functioning of societies. Climate change, urbanization, land use changes, and environmental pollution related risks are challenges threatening clean water, ecosystems, food production, and human wellbeing. Water quality management provides solutions to cope with a broad range of drivers and triggers affecting critical functions of society, including natural hazards, floods, conflict-related threats, aging infrastructures, emerging pollutants, decreasing carrying capacity of ecosystems, and accumulation of pollutant, nutrient and sediment loads. Technological breakthroughs in observation systems, data science, modelling and planning processes provide improved information to support water quality management and aid in the transformation toward more sustainable use of water resources. Relevant research methodologies on water quality management may cover for example risk analyses, data science, and simulation modelling as well as new measurement technologies from remote sensing to sensor data. The engineering approach solves wicked problems and supports planning through combining data and computational tools for impacts assessment and risk management, contributing to sustainable freshwater governance. Your experience and ambitions A doctoral degree in a relevant field such as water resources management, civil engineering, environmental engineering, physical geography is a prerequisite for the position. Well-demonstrated collaboration skills and an excellent command of English are essential. The evaluation of applicants will be based on their current and potential excellence in scientific research, teaching, and societal impact (potential is emphasised more in Assistant Professor position). Additionally, the applicant's connections and engagement with national, European, and global stakeholders and the international science community will be considered. A successful candidate should have a strong background in research related to freshwater quality and its management, preferably with close linkages to hydrology, planning and engineering. This expertise should include one or more of the following areas: advanced water quality monitoring techniques (e.g., remote sensing and sensor techn