Position Description--Post-Doc Associate:
 
Crop Model Evaluation and Improvement for Drought Conditions
 
Agronomy or Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department
University of Florida
 
Job Responsibilities:
 
The person in this position will be
responsible for assembling data sets for use
in research on soybean and peanut crop
growth models. The primary objective for the
soybean model is an evaluation of its
capabilities to simulate differences in
drought tolerance or avoidance among
different cultivars. Experimental research
is being conducted by cooperators in other
states, and the person in this position will
cooperate closely with them in evaluating
different hypotheses of drought tolerance,
using data from their experiments as well as
other data to test the hypotheses. In
addition, the incumbent will help define
cultivar characteristics that should be
added to the crop growth model, using a
practical approach that would be acceptable
to plant breeders and agronomic researchers,
to simulate differences in cultivar behavior
under different environments. Sensitivity
analysis and an extensive literature review
will be conducted to determine the extent to
which cultivar by environment differences
can be simulated. Responsibilities for the
peanut model are to work with data obtained
by cooperators on a project from West Africa
and adapt the model to simulate their
varieties. In addition, the incumbent will
help train the cooperators on the
appropriate use of the peanut model in their
research programs, including instruction on
protocols for data collection, data analysis
for model use, simulations of their
experiments, and simulations aimed at
improving management practices and reducing
risks in these West African conditions.
Emphasis will be on experiments involving
drought conditions and on model evaluations
and improvements for simulating crop growth
and yield responses to drought.
 
Qualifications:
 
PhD in Agronomy or
Agricultural/Biological/Biosystems
Engineering with strong experience in field
research on crops and with some experience
in crop modeling. The person in this
position should have experience in using
computers for statistical analysis of data,
using statistical packages, spreadsheets,
and graphical packages. The person must have
an ability to program in at least one
programming language (e.g., Fortran, Basic,
Pascal, etc.), as well as some experience in
programming.  In addition, experience with
the CROPGRO-Soybean and Peanut models or the
DSSAT is desirable. The person should have
experience in interdisciplinary research,
and must be willing to work on a team in
which different researchers contribute to
the success of the program.
 
Dates:
 
The position is available immediately and
will be supported for one year, with a
possibility for extension to two years.
 
For more information Contact:
 
Dr. K. J. Boote         or      Dr. J. W. Jones
Agronomy Department             Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department
P.O. Box 110500                 P.O. Box 110570
University of Florida                   University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611                   Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-1811                    352-392-8694
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Gerrit Hoogenboom
Associate Professor
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
The University of Georgia
Griffin, Georgia 30223-1797, USA
 
Phone:  770-229-3438 (New !)
Fax:    770-228-7218
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http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/bae
http://www.bae.uga.edu/dept/faculty/gerrit/
http://www.bae.uga.edu/dept/research/cropsim/
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