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The lab works across a range of topics — hydroclimatic prediction, agricultural monitoring, climate risk, and the decisions that rest on them. If you like large environmental datasets, forecasting problems, and questions where the answer changes what someone does, there is likely something here for you.

Open positions

Accepting applications

Climate impact and policy modelling

PhD · funded · Sep 2027 start · priority consideration 30 Oct 2026

Compound climate extremes represented as hazard footprints, combined with socio-economic vulnerability and linked to observed disaster losses.

Details
  • You would lead the disaster-impact modelling at the centre of an integrated modelling framework for Canada.
  • That framework supports simulation modelling of how households, communities, and governments respond to recurring shocks, and policy evaluation of which adaptation strategies remain effective when future conditions depart from central projections.
  • We look for experience with gridded climate datasets and geospatial analysis, strong programming and modelling skills in Python, and an interest in linking hazard modelling to societal outcomes. Agent-based or simulation modelling is an asset, not a requirement.
Accepting applications

Agricultural monitoring and crop yield modelling

PhD · funded · Sep 2027 start · priority consideration 30 Oct 2026

Agricultural data production through HarvestStat, and crop yield prediction from satellite data, climate reanalysis and forecasts, and geospatial foundation models.

Details
  • One thread is the data: maintaining and extending the HarvestStat archive of harmonized subnational crop statistics, which underpin agricultural monitoring and provide the ground reference for satellite-based yield estimates. The work involves characterizing uncertainty in official statistics and designing the data products the field will need next.
  • The other is modelling: satellite data, climate reanalysis and forecasts, and geospatial foundation models, with emphasis on methods that transfer to regions where training data are limited.
  • We look for experience with Earth observation data and cloud- or HPC-based geospatial processing, strong Python and applied machine learning or AI, and an interest in open data practice.
Undergraduate · term or summer

Research assistant — geospatial data processing

Open to U of M undergraduates. Python and a willingness to learn are the only prerequisites. Typical work is data harmonization, quality control, and visualization alongside a graduate student. We support applications to the UM Undergraduate Research Award (URA) and the NSERC USRA — get in touch well before the application window opens.

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Visiting · rolling

Visiting scholars & collaborators

We host visiting students and researchers who bring their own funding. Send a short description of what you would like to work on, the period you have in mind, and your funding source.

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How to apply

  1. Submit the research interest form. For the two funded PhD positions, apply through the 2027F-GRA Research Interest Form by 30 October 2026 for priority consideration. Applications submitted by email will not be considered. For undergraduate and visiting positions, email me directly instead.
  2. We review, then talk. Applications are read on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. Only shortlisted candidates are contacted and invited to an online interview — as much about you deciding whether the lab suits you as the other way round.
  3. Formal application. Successful candidates are then directed to the University of Manitoba Faculty of Graduate Studies. Deadlines, minimum GPA, and English language proficiency requirements are set by the University.
  4. Funding. Both PhD positions carry a guaranteed four-year funding package, plus performance-based scholarships awarded within the lab. We also support applications to NSERC CGS-D, the UM Graduate Fellowship, and Research Manitoba.