Dear all,
The Plant Production Section of the Institute of Plant production and
Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics at the Hohenheim University,
Stuttgart, Germany seeks for an excellent and highly motivated student. In
an international team, we offer a PhD position on Monitoring and Modelling
Landscape C/N Flows as Affected by Current Land Use in Mountainous Regions
of Thailand and Vietnam.
The research is part of the DFG funded SFB 564 - Uplands Program and focuses
on:
1. assessing the dynamics of landscape upland-lowland C/N flows under
current land use;
2. assessing how past land use intensification has changed the spatial
distribution of soil fertility and potential crop productivity;
3. testing the impact of alternative crop management options on
sustainability of crop productivity, and watershed C/N budgets and losses
using the recently developed Land Use Change Impact Assessment (LUCIA) model
of SFB 564 subproject C4.
For further information please refer to
https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/www380/380a/C42_PhD_01.pdf
https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/1597.html?&no_cache=1&state=wsearchv&search=13&
einrichtung.eid=35&L=1
and https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/sfb564/
Requirements:
• Ecological, environmental, pedological, hydrological and/or agronomic
background;
• Strong interest/experience in modelling, GIS and remote sensing, lab and
field work for developing new
approaches (fingerprinting by using C/N analysis, stable isotopes (13C),
mid-infrared spectroscopy);
• Intercultural and social competences, ability to work in an
interdisciplinary team;
• Willingness to travel frequently;
• Good working knowledge and writing skills of English.
Location:
Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany (lab and modelling work)
Son La Province, NW Vietnam and Chiang Mai Province, NE Thailand (field
work)
Time frame of PhD. study:
Start: July 1st, 2009
Duration: 3 years
Supervision:
Prof. Dr. G Cadisch, Dr. Thomas Hilger, Dr. Carsten Marohn, Dr. Frank
Rasche,
Salary:
Salary will be provided according to the German public service regulations
(salary group E13, 50% position)
Interested? Please send the following information:
• Motivation letter including relevant research experience
• Curriculum vitae; Pdf of diploma and transcripts (translation if
necessary)
• English proficiency (for foreign students)
• Names (and email addresses) of 2 reference persons
Please send application to/Contact for more information:
Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, [log in to unmask], tel: +49-[0]711 459 22438
Hohenheim University (380a), 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
Deadline: June 5, 2009
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Dr. Thomas H. Hilger
Institut für Pflanzenproduktion
und Agrarökologie in den Tropen/Subtropen
Fg. Pflanzenbau
Tel: 0711-459 22722
Fax: 0711-459 22304
https:\\www.uni-hohenheim.de/www380
Postanschrift/Mailing address:
Universität Hohenheim (380a)
70593 Stuttgart
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