[HASTS-jobs] Fwd: Post-doc Opportunity in Morocco

[Karen L Gardner]

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From: Heather Konar <heatherf at mit.edu<mailto:heatherf at mit.edu>>
Subject: Please forward: Post-doc Opportunity in Morocco
Date: November 22, 2017 at 4:40:31 PM EST
To: gradadmins <gradadmins at mit.edu<mailto:gradadmins at mit.edu>>

Dear grad admins,

Please forward the following opportunity as appropriate.

Thank you,
Heather

Heather Konar
Communications Officer
Office of Graduate Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
https://twitter.com/mitgradstudents
Room 35-332
(617) 253-1940
konar at mit.edu<mailto:konar at mit.edu>

Post-Doctoral Research Positions available at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P) in Ben Guerir, Morocco
UM6P is actively searching to fill multiple post-doctoral research positions at its new Ben Guerir campus. Well-qualified candidates are sought with research interests in the general areas of:

•      Water resources and climate

•      Smart agriculture

•      Industrial optimization

•      Chemical processing of phosphate

•      Urbanization, and

•      Renewable Energy
This UM6P post-doctoral program is intended to serve as a pipeline for future faculty hires at the university, so candidates should have genuine interest in living and working in Morocco while pursuing research on critical issues of sustainable development in Africa.
By virtue of the joint UM6P-MIT Research Program (UMRP) successful candidates will enjoy opportunities to collaborate with participating MIT faculty as Visiting Scholars at the Institute for extended periods working on joint UMRP projects. UMRP consists of five research projects supervised by MIT faculty and covering the topical areas listed above.
Potential candidates are invited to email a concise statement of interest along with their CV and contact information to UMRP Executive Director Kurt Sternlof (kurtster at mit.edu<mailto:kurtster at mit.edu>). Responses will be forwarded as appropriate to the hiring authorities at UM6P for immediate consideration on a rolling basis. Candidates of interest will be contacted directly by UM6P. Please do not contact UMRP regarding the status of a submitted statement of interest.
This call will remain open until further notice.



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