🎓 Exciting PhD Opportunity in our team!
Are you passionate about climate adaptation, resilient agriculture, and improving livelihoods in vulnerable communities? We invite applications for a fully funded PhD position on “Climate Information Services for Salinity Management & Sustainable Adaptation in the Bangladesh Delta.”
🔍 Research focus:
– Co-create climate services for salinity-prone farming communities, combining local ecological indicators with ML-enhanced scientific forecasts.
– Develop and evaluate adaptation strategies—crop calendars, salt-tolerant varieties, water management, and early warnings—via the DROP app.
– Use a “living lab” approach to collaboratively design and assess sustainable solutions.
🛠️ Your profile:
– MSc in environmental/climate/agricultural sciences or similar, with strong quantitative, programming (Python/R), and machine learning skills.
– Excellent interdisciplinary communication and intercultural collaboration abilities.
– Willingness to travel to Bangladesh for field work.
📅 Deadline: 11 August 2025
Join us to harness innovative climate services and co-designed strategies that boost food security and resilience in one of the world’s most vulnerable deltas. 🌱
For details & application, visit the WUR vacancy page.
Hello,
I’m Samuel
I am an expert in natural hazard forecasting and climate information services, with a specialization in compound extremes, their impacts, and climate adaptation. I have been involved in numerous projects across Indonesia and Europe. Additionally, I am passionate about teaching and supervising students.
Currently I am working at Earth Systems and Global Change (ESC) group, Wageningen University and Research (WUR) as an Assistant Professor (UD1) in Compound Hydrological Extremes and Climate Services.
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I am a scientist with a passion for shaping future leaders and making the world a better place by reducing the impacts of natural hazards. In my free time, I enjoy playing badminton and tennis, as well as road biking.
I studied Civil Engineering at Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, Indonesia, with a major in Hydrology and Hydraulics. I completed my master’s degree in Hydrology and Water Resources at UNESCO-IHE Delft, the Netherlands and obtained my PhD from the Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry group at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Dr. Samuel Jonson Sutanto 
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