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The Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM) at NTU invites applications for a Research Fellow as a modeller in natural catastrophes exposure and loss. ICRM is a multi-disciplinary catastrophe risk management research institute which develops understandings and models of Asia’s risks related to natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, and floods, and non-traditional risks such as infectious diseases and terrorism. This position at ICRM is for developing and maintaining the ICRM’s exposure and loss models, running of in-house risk models, exposure and loss data collection and outreach activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce output data and papers/reports relating to exposure and loss, cascading loss effects

• Establish procedures on data quality assurance

• Develop documentation.

Job Requirements:

• PhD degree in Civil Engineering or in Engineering in a closely relevant field.

• Familiar with data and models, and software used in exposure and loss modelling.

• Competency in programming languages, such as Matlab, R, or Python, within a GIS environment

• Able to publish and communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Able to advance research for emerging risks such as relating to climate and urbanization

• Domain knowledge via PhD work and/or with the insurance industry would be preferrable.

• Self-motivated, pro-active, results-oriented professional with an ability to work with minimal supervision in dealing with data uncertainties

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Strong presentation skills

• Good in articulating data characteristics and research results

• Able to work effectively as an individual and in a team.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.