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Date: Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:31 AM<br><br>
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Dear colleagues,<br>
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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>
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With kind regards,<br>
Carsten Müller<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB"><br>
PhD position in Soil Science / “</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Securing
agricultural productivity
by improving the soil water holding capacity”</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">A
diploma/master'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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Applications:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Applications
for this position will be accepted immediately until May</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Start
Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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:"Calibri","sans-serif"" 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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