<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Carsten Mueller</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:carsten.mueller@wzw.tum.de">carsten.mueller@wzw.tum.de</a>&gt;</span><br>
Date: Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:31 AM<br><br>
  

    
  
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    Dear colleagues,<br>
    <br>
    we offer a PhD position in soil science as outlined below. <br>
    Please don´t hesitate to forward this to other colleagues off the
    mailing list, and feel free to contact me to get more details about
    the project and position.<br>
    <br>
    With kind regards,<br>
    Carsten Müller<br>
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          PhD position in Soil Science / “</span></b><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">Securing
          agricultural productivity
          by improving the soil water holding capacity”</span></b><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
    <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">We
        advertize a PhD student position
        in Soil Science with subject to final approval of funding at the
        Technische
        Universität München (Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde,
        <a href="http://www.soil-science.com" target="_blank">www.soil-science.com</a>). The
        earliest starting date is August 1<sup>st</sup> 2013. Salary is
        TV-L E13 (65%)
        according to the German TV-L system (Tarifvertrag für den
        Öffentlichen Dienst
        der Länder). This position gives a 3-year opportunity to combine
        fieldwork and
        new conceptual applications with state of the art analytical
        techniques in a
        lab focusing on the fate and stabilization of soil organic
        matter. The group
        (Prof. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner) is located at
        Freising-Weihenstephan, nearby
        Munich in southern Bavaria. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">Description: <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>

    <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">Creating
        drought-resistant soil
        means to manage soil organic matter in order to enhance soil
        structural
        development. This enhances at the same time soil productivity
        and reduces the severity
        and costs of drought. Such an approach implies to understand the
        effects of organic
        matter amendments on the soil architecture and aggregation. The
        objectives of
        the project are to obtain a mechanistic understanding of the
        effects of
        different organic matter amendments (compost, biochar and their
        mixture) on the
        available water capacity in soils. To study the effects of
        different organic
        matter additions to soil, a detailed analysis of the chemical
        composition and structure
        will be done. To trace the fate of the organic amendments within
        the soil
        structure, the experimental approach will take advantage of
        established field
        trials with different types of organic matter amendments and
        laboratory
        experiments involving the use of 13C labeled organic matter
        amendments. Soil
        materials will be obtained from a long-term field experiment in
        France, where
        three types of compost were applied to an agricultural soil
        since 1997. This
        will be done via collaboration with the BIOEMCO lab in Grignon.
        The PhD student
        will thus be given the possibility to register at the <span> </span>University Pierre et Marie
        Curie in addition
        to registration at the TUM and to carry out their PhD thesis as
        co-tutelle.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">Required experience:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>

    <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">A
        diploma/master&#39;s degree in forest science, agronomy,
        geosciences, geoecology,
        environmental sciences or a related discipline is required.
        Fieldwork
        experience in geological and/or ecological sciences and
        laboratory research
        experience in geochemistry or biogeochemistry would be a
        desirable foundation.
        The candidate should be highly motivated, team-oriented and
        willing to work
        with advanced analytical techniques, such as gas-chromatography
        (GC-MS), and NMR
        spectroscopy (NMR). </span><span style="background:yellow;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">Applications:</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>

    <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">Applications
        for this position will be accepted immediately until May</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US"> 30<sup><span style>th</span></sup><span style>), via email to: </span>Dr. Carsten W. Müller
        (<a href="mailto:carsten.mueller@wzw.tum.de" target="_blank">carsten.mueller@wzw.tum.de</a><span style>).  <u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
    <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">Start
          Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="EN-US">anticipated earliest date
        1<sup>st</sup> of August
        2013<u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Dr.
        Carsten W.
        Müller<br>
        Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde<br>
        Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan für Ernährung, Landnutzung
        und Umwelt<br>
        TU München<br>
        85350 Freising-Weihenstephan<u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="FR">Phone: <a href="tel:%2B49-%280%298161-714423" value="+498161714423" target="_blank">+49-(0)8161-714423</a><br>

        e-mail:<span>  </span><a href="mailto:carsten.mueller@wzw.tum.de" target="_blank">carsten.mueller@wzw.tum.de</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
    <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;" lang="FR"><a href="http://www.soil-science.com/" target="_blank">http://www.soil-science.com/</a><br>
        <a href="http://www.soil-science.com/nanosims/" target="_blank">http://www.soil-science.com/nanosims/</a></span><span lang="FR"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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