Open Positions

Two doctoral students in plant ecophysiology andecosystem services of crop mixtures (100%, four years)

We are looking for two reliable, enthusiastic, and highly motivated doctoral students with a passion for science to join our team. Both positions are part of our new project Phenomix: Multidimensional field phenotyping of crop mixtures in which an interdisciplinary team will work on different aspects of agroecologically beneficial legume-cereal crop mixtures in the field. The two doctoral students in our group will look at canopy microclimate, plant traits, ecosystem services in pure stands and crop mixtures, and complementarity in crop mixtures using stable isotope applications. Statistical analysis of the project data will include machine learning approaches. Successful candidates must have a Master’s degree in agricultural sciences, biology, environmental sciences, ecology, or a closely related science field. Necessary experience includes plant ecophysiology, soil science, community ecology, and/or stable isotopes as well as fieldwork, statistics, and programming (e.g., in R or Python).

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