FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 8:52 AM Subject: [AcademicStaff] Four PhD positions in global agricultural modeling at PIK, Germany To: [email protected]
Dear Colleagues, Any PhD candidates in climate change Impact modeling? Postdam Institute needs four PHD students...see below and apply directly to the email indicated of Dr. Christoph Müller <[email protected]> <[email protected]> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Job announcement: four PhD positions in global agricultural modeling at PIK, Germany Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:48:42 +0200 From: Christoph Müller <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Dear colleagues, I'm recruiting 4 PhD students for global agricultural modeling < https://www.pik-potsdam.de/aktuelles/stellen/phd-positions/4-phd-student-position > < https://www.pik-potsdam.de/aktuelles/stellen/phd-positions/4-phd-student-position >. Please distribute to potential candidates. Thanks so much, Christoph The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is a member of the Leibniz Association. With around 400 employees, it is one of the world's leading research institutes in its field and generates knowledge as a basis for policy, economy and society. At PIK, researchers from the natural and the social sciences work together across disciplines. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is seeking to fill ** *4 PhD student positions* The department of Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities invites applicants for *four PhD positions* as part of a newly funded project to study agricultural management options for greenhouse gas mitigation at the global scale. Agriculture will have to increase production to meet the demand for food, fuels and material of growing and richer populations while simultaneously increasing resource conservation and sustainability and adjust production methods to climate change. Agricultural management is at the core of these challenges and will have to be studied in a global context. The successful candidates will work with a global gridded crop simulation model; closely cooperate within the newly found research group, as well as with other scientists at PIK and with international scientific collaborators (e.g. in AgMIP). The successful applicants will have a university degree in Agronomy, Soil sciences, Agricultural sciences, Geoecology, or a related discipline. A background in scientific modeling, programming and/or data analysis is desirable. We expect good skills in working with computers (Unix/Linux) and scientific programming (C++, R, ...). The working language is English. *Payment will be based on German Public Tariff system (0.5 TV-L E13).* The positions are funded on the basis of fixed term contracts for 36 months starting as soon as possible. Interested candidates should send their complete application by email, including C.V., a short letter of motivation and a reference from a former supervisor, to: *Dr. Christoph Müller* Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Telegrafenberg A51, 14412 Potsdam, Germany Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]>, Ph: +49-331-288-2685 *Closing date for applications is August 24^th , 2014 but the call we remain open until suitable candidates have been found.* PIK addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts and sustainable development. Researchers from the natural and social sciences work together to generate interdisciplinary insights and to provide society with sound information for decision making. The institute is located on a scientific campus in a forest in Potsdam, just outside Berlin, Germany. PIK seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. Applications of disabled persons with equal qualifications will be favorably regarded. _______________________________________________ AcademicStaff mailing list [email protected] http://lists.mak.ac.ug/mailman/listinfo/academicstaff
Any PhD candidates in climate change Impact modeling? Postdam Institute needs four PHD students…see below and apply directly to the email indicated of Dr. Christoph Müller <[email protected]>
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Job announcement: four PhD positions in global agricultural
modeling at PIK, Germany
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:48:42 +0200
From: Christoph Müller <[email protected]>
Dear colleagues,
I'm recruiting 4 PhD students for global agricultural modeling
<https://www.pik-potsdam.de/aktuelles/stellen/phd-positions/4-phd-student-position>.
Please distribute to potential candidates.
Thanks so much,
Christoph
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is a member of
the Leibniz Association. With around 400 employees, it is one of the
world’s leading research institutes in its field and generates knowledge
as a basis for policy, economy and society. At PIK, researchers from the
natural and the social sciences work together across disciplines.
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is seeking to fill
**
*4 PhD student positions*
The department of Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities invites applicants
for *four PhD positions* as part of a newly funded project to study
agricultural management options for greenhouse gas mitigation at the
global scale. Agriculture will have to increase production to meet the
demand for food, fuels and material of growing and richer populations
while simultaneously increasing resource conservation and sustainability
and adjust production methods to climate change. Agricultural management
is at the core of these challenges and will have to be studied in a
global context. The successful candidates will work with a global
gridded crop simulation model; closely cooperate within the newly found
research group, as well as with other scientists at PIK and with
international scientific collaborators (e.g. in AgMIP).
The successful applicants will have a university degree in Agronomy,
Soil sciences, Agricultural sciences, Geoecology, or a related
discipline. A background in scientific modeling, programming and/or data
analysis is desirable. We expect good skills in working with computers
(Unix/Linux) and scientific programming (C++, R, …). The working
language is English.
*Payment will be based on German Public Tariff system (0.5 TV-L E13).*
The positions are funded on the basis of fixed term contracts for 36
months starting as soon as possible.
Interested candidates should send their complete application by email,
including C.V., a short letter of motivation and a reference from a
former supervisor, to:
*Dr. Christoph Müller*
Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Telegrafenberg A51, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>, Ph:
+49-331-288-2685
*Closing date for applications is August 24^th , 2014 but the call we
remain open until suitable candidates have been found.*
PIK addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global
change, climate impacts and sustainable development. Researchers from
the natural and social sciences work together to generate
interdisciplinary insights and to provide society with sound information
for decision making. The institute is located on a scientific campus in
a forest in Potsdam, just outside Berlin, Germany. PIK seeks to increase
the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and
therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. Applications of disabled
persons with equal qualifications will be favorably regarded.
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