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Page contents 22 Jul 2026 University of Twente (UT) Research Field Environmental science » Ecology Environmental science » Global change Physics » Applied physics Physics » Optics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 31 Aug 2026 - 21:59 (UTC) Country Netherlands Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Not Applicable Hours Per Week 40.0 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description Are you excited to work on physics processes that have so far proven difficult to understand, while at the same time contributing to societal challenges? Then join our research team in advancing our understanding of radiative exchanges within and above open-water, agricultural, natural, and urban environments through state-of-the-art in-situ measurements and remote sensing technologies. This position is part of the ITEM (Infrastructure Twente for Ecosystem Monitoring) initiative, responding to the Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) Sectorplan-Beta II, which is aiming at strengthening the scientific foundation by continuous and incidental measurements of (sub)processes on earth while addressing societal missions in the fields of "Security living environment/habitat", "Agriculture, water and food", "Energie(transition), circularity and sustainability" and "Health". This initiative is a faculty-wide effort that connects all four scientific departments of the Faculty ITC of the University of Twente through their four key focus areas: Resource Security, GeoAI, Disaster Resilience, and Urban Futures. You will be working on remote sensing-based observational modelling by combining spatially distributed optical-thermal ground observations with airborne and satellite-based imagery to unravel radiative exchanges. You will also be working on coupling and upscaling of ...