BEMÆRK: Ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Agroecology programme. The position is available from 01 June 2024 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.
Title:
Measurements and modelling greenhouse gas emissions from rewetted peatland
Research area and project description:
Soil types with more than 6% organic carbon contributes with 30% of the total greenhouse gas emission (GHG) from Danish agriculture according to the latest national inventory report submitted to the united nations framework convention on climate change. Reducing the high level of harmful GHG emission by rewetting these soil types has top priority for politicians, farmers, and NGOs. However, emission factors currently used to calculate total GHG emission before and after rewetting are associated with great uncertainty.
In the newly funded project RECALL (Total greenhouse gas Reduction potEntial of CArbon rich agricultural LowLand) we will measure the emissions of all three greenhouse gases (CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide) from various types of agricultural peat soils during the process of rewetting. The PhD candidate will work with state-of-the-art automated flux chambers used for frequent measurements of net emissions of CO2, CH4 and N2O at plot scale, focusing on the effects of vegetation type and harvest for nutrient removal and improved CO2 capture.
Data with high temporal resolution enables development of new models that can describe and predict the dynamics of greenhouse gas emissions throughout the year for different types of peatlands. Better models are necessary for reducing the uncertainty in calculating greenhouse gas emissions from organic agricultural soils at both farm and national scale.
Project description: For technical reasons, you must upload a project description. Please simply copy the project description above and upload it as a PDF in the application.
Qualifications and specific competences:
We are searching for a highly motivated candidate who has
- MSc degree in environmental science, soil science, biology, agronomy or a related discipline
- Solid knowledge about soil biogeochemistry and plant biology in the context of agricultural systems
- Interest and flair for conducting field experiments
- Good computer skills, experience with advanced data management and analysis, including statistical tools and methods
- Interest and preferably experience in R programming language
- Excellent English language skills (written as well as oral)
- Good communicative and interpersonal skills
Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Campus Viborg, Department of Agroecology, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact:
- Senior researcher Poul Erik Lærke, Poule.laerke@agro.au.dk (main supervisor)
- Assistant Professor Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Pullens, JWMP@agro.au.dk (co-supervisor)
How to apply:
Please follow this link to submit your application.
Application deadline is 20 March 2024 at 23:59 CET.
Preferred starting date is 01 June 2024.
For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide.
Please note:
- Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.
- The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
- Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Aarhus Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Aarhus Universitet, Nordre Ringgade, 8000 Aarhus C
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 20-03-2024; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
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