PhD Opportunity: Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Heat Island Mitigation

The OurMED project is pleased to share an exciting PhD opportunity on Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) for mitigating Urban Heat Islands (UHIs). This three-year PhD will be hosted at the Hydrology, Meteorology and Complexity (HM&Co) laboratory at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) in France, with a secondment at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) in Spain.

Research Scope

Urban areas face increasing heat stress due to climate change and urbanization. Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), such as green roofs and rain gardens, help reduce temperatures through evapotranspiration. This PhD will focus on:

• Developing monitoring strategies for high-precision measurement of heat fluxes.
• Analyzing evapotranspiration variability at different urban scales.
• Using advanced modeling techniques to assess NbS efficiency.

Key Details

📍 Location: ENPC (France) & UPM (Spain)
📅 Start Date: Autumn 2025
👩‍🎓 Profile: MSc in fluid mechanics or environmental physics, with skills in computer simulations and an interest in field experiments.
👨‍🏫 Supervisors: Pierre-Antoine Versini (ENPC) & Ana Tarquis (UPM)
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This PhD offers a great opportunity to contribute to climate resilience in cities through NbS.

Find the complete proposal here.