Ph.D. Fellowship Agricultural & Biological Engineering

My Research Group (Climate Resilience Lab: https://nassernajibi.github.io/lab) in the Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering (ABE) at the University of Florida has an immediate opening for one fully funded Ph.D. student to begin in Fall 2026. The project focuses on understanding the causal mechanisms through which single or compound extreme weather events disrupt critical infrastructure networks (e.g., water, energy, IT, food/agriculture, transportation, and financial services), and on quantifying tipping points and resilience thresholds that emerge under evolving climate risks and anthropogenic stressors. The Ph.D. fellow will develop and apply Bayesian network models and stochastic, multi-hazard simulators to integrate physical drivers, infrastructure dependencies, and probabilistic risk pathways.