Research Engineer in Sustainability Systems and Health-Environment Modeling

The UM6P Vanguard Center & The School of Applied Sciences & Engineering at UM6P are seeking a Research Engineer in Sustainability Systems and Health-Environment Modeling to guide interdisciplinary projects within the Wicked Problems (WiP) framework. This transdisciplinary role integrates expertise in environmental systems, energy transitions, biological dynamics, and public health to support student-led research addressing sustainability challenges in Morocco, Africa, and beyond.

Key Responsibilities:

• Mentor student teams on sustainability-related WiPs involving public health, climate resilience, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and food-energy-water systems.
• Support the design of quantitative and computational models for complex coupled systems—spanning biological, ecological, epidemiological, and energy-related domains.
• Introduce students to tools such as system dynamics, agent-based modeling, disease spread models, climate-energy scenario tools (e.g., WEAP, LEAP), and biological simulation platforms.
• Integrate real-world datasets from environmental sensors, climate archives, public health records, and remote sensing.
• Co-develop educational modules and case studies that cut across disciplinary boundaries and encourage systems thinking.
• Contribute to research publications, policy briefs, and open-source tools co-authored with students.
• Publish research and co-author student-led publications resulting from WiP investigations.
• Contribute to applied research motivated by the WiP investigations.

To learn more or submit your application, please visit the job offer page.