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 1 February 2024 or later.
Title:
PhD in Optimisation of crop rotations using diverse grasslands
Research area and project description:
Grassland leys have long been an important element of crop rotations, maintaining soil fertility and carbon storage, compared to arable monocropping. Including legumes and herbs decreases external inputs and increases yield stability. Yet, while many benefits of diversified grassland leys within the grassland stage are identified, especially long-term experiments on the effect of management schemes for the benefits of grassland leys in a crop rotation are rare.
Thus, the PhD candidate will use a long-term experiment as research platform, where crop rotations with differences in grassland duration and diversity, as well as nitrogen applications rates have been in place unchanged for almost 20 years, and with detailed information on the site conditions going back further than that.
In this experiment, the PhD candidate will look at the effects of these treatments on harvested biomass yields, plant diversity, root traits and several ecosystem services, such as carbon storage across different soil depths, nitrogen fertilizer replacement value from biological N fixation and weed suppression. The PhD candidate will furthermore be able to develop related research questions based on their own interests.
This PhD opportunity offers a unique chance to benefit from a large existing dataset and combine it with newly gathered data to understand the long-term benefits of management schemes and grassland duration on a range of ecosystem services. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work closely with interdisciplinary teams.
The PhD is funded by the project ‘Designing multispecies grassland leys for optimized soil carbon sequestration and efficient nutrient cycles in crop rotations - GrassRotate’ (Grant No. 34009-22-2041), which is part of the Organic RDD 8 programme coordinated by International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS) and has received grants from the Green Growth and Development programme (GUDP) under the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries.
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Qualifications and specific competences:
We are searching for a highly motivated candidate who has an M.Sc. degree in soil science, agronomy, environmental sciences, ecology, or closely related fields.
Demonstrated oral and written communication skills in English are required.
The applicant must be able to present results at international conferences and publish in international peer-reviewed journals. The applicant should be enthusiastic about working in an international and interdisciplinary academic environment. Applications from women and people from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged.
Further, we will prefer candidates with some of the following qualifications:
- Good scientific and technical writing skills
- Experience in soil organic matter dynamics
- Experience in data-analysis using R
Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele
Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact:
- Jørgen Eriksen, jorgen.eriksen@agro.au.dk
- Carsten Stefan Malisch, cmalisch@agro.au.dk
How to apply:
Please follow this link to submit your application. Application deadline is 30 September 2023 at 23:59 CEST. Preferred starting date is 1 February 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 1, 8000 Aarhus C
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 30-09-2023; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
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