Jobs & Appointments

We are seeking a highly motivated and qualified student to evaluate the ability of alternative cropping rotations in a dryland wheat-based cropping system to capture and utilize available water and soil nitrogen within complex landscapes and over a wide climatic gradient. Research will involve field experimentation, remote sensing, and hydrologic crop modeling.

We are looking for a qualified person to coordinate and lead the development of data-driven analytical approaches to assess agricultural risk and risk-reduction interventions. The position will also provide thought leadership on new directions for CIAT’s data science research on agricultural risk management, financial services for agriculture (e.g. credit and insurance), and climate finance. The position will be full-time and based in Nairobi, Kenya, but will have a global mandate.

The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture’s Modelling Systems Team is searching for a PhD student starting in 2020 to work on spatial analysis of agricultural land intensification. This project expands multi-disciplinary knowledge of the trade-offs between the biophysical, social, and economic components of agricultural spatial analysis by exploring the context in which cropping intensity can be a solution for sustainable agriculture.

Full-time postdoc research position for integrated crop modeling in the context of climate change and food security temporarily limited to 3 years at our location in Müncheberg beginning 1 March 2019. Application deadline is January 28, 2019. Please send your application preferably by e-mail (one PDF file, max. 5 MB) with the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, and names of three references) stating the reference number 05-2019 until 28th January 2019 to: Bewerbungen@zalf.de.

A research group at the University of Missouri is seeking 1-3 motivated students to pursue MS/PhD studies in water and natural resources management. Students can enroll at either the College of Engineering (at Bioengineering) or the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (at the School of Natural Resources).

The Biogeophysics group at the Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation of Universität Hohenheim seeks to fill the position of a Postdoctoral Scientist (TV-L 13) effective January 1, 2019.