The Society updates MSSANZ members on upcoming congresses or Society matters, and provide links to further information on scholarship or employment opportunities provided by our members. The digest will be emailed to the MSSANZ mailing list once per week, or less frequently during quiet times.
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Dear MSSANZ Members,
We are pleased to share several exciting opportunities and updates from across our community:
MSSANZ Early Career Research Excellence Awards & Biennial Medals
Nominations for the Early Career Research Excellence Awards and Biennial Medals will be opening soon. Please stay tuned—we’ll be calling for nominations shortly.
PhD Opportunities
- University of Otago / AgResearch
(Posted on behalf of member Richard Muirhead)
A fully funded PhD position is available on:
“The relationship between E. coli concentrations and flow rates in rivers”
This project is part of a joint AgResearch and DairyNZ initiative modelling E. coli at the catchment scale.
More details and to apply
Deadline: 30 June 2025
- ARC Discovery Project PhD Top-Up Scholarships
Project title: “A Bayesian model for inferred streamflow in the absence of in-situ observations”
PhD supervision across:
- Dr. Hae Na (Hannah) Yoon – University of Newcastle
- Prof. Ashish Sharma – UNSW
- Prof. Lucy Marshall – University of Sydney
- Dr. Seokhyeon Kim – Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Opportunities include:
- PhD top-up scholarships (for eligible domestic students/residents)
- International travel and collaboration
- Research in hydrologic modeling and remote sensing
Ideal candidates will have:
- Interest in satellite remote sensing
- Skills in big data, programming, and statistics
- Strong hydrology foundation
- Honours Class 1 (or equivalent)
- Preference for Australian citizens or permanent residents
To apply, email Dr. Hannah Yoon: hannah.yoon@newcastle.edu.au with:
(a) your residency status (b) CV (c) academic transcript
HWRS 2025: Abstract Submissions Open
43rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
25–28 November 2025, Canberra, Australia
Theme: Charting Resilient Futures
We invite you to submit abstracts to HWRS 2025—an event bringing together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community leaders to address critical water and climate challenges.
Abstract submission is now open, more information
Choose from 28 sub-themes spanning a wide range of interests.
Deadline: 12 May 2025
Warm regards,
The MSSANZ Team