<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear friends and colleagues, </span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Apologies for cross-posting, please forward this PhD opportunity to potentially interested candidates ... </span><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">"Examining the role of plant physiology in the amplification of heat extremes"</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><ol style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding-left:0px">Climate models project an increase in the frequency, magnitude and duration of future heatwaves. However, plant responses to high temperatures and drought effects on photosynthetic physiology, are poorly constrained by data in models. Evaluation of land-atmosphere feedbacks have largely ignored the role of the vegetation, limiting our capacity to project the role of plants in heat extremes. Observations point to novel responses by plants to water stress, responses not currently captured by models. Similarly, the response of vegetation-atmosphere interactions to increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is uncertain in models. This PhD will translate the latest experimental insight into the Australian climate modelling framework, examining the role of the vegetation in predictions of past and future heatwaves in Australia. It will use innovative science, woven with biophysics and high-performance computing.</ol><ol style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding-left:0px"><p class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-paragraph" style="font-size:12.8px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">The</span> project is based at <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">the</span> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au/" target="_blank"><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Climate Change Research Centre</span></span></a></span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US"> (CCRC) </span></span></font><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">at </span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">the</span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Universit<wbr>y </span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">of</span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, under </span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">the</span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> supervision </span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">of</span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://mdekauwe.github.io/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Dr Martin De Kauwe</span></a></span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">, </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.climateextremes.org.au/andrew-j-pitman.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Professor Andrew Pitman</span></a></span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> and </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/hie/people/researchers/professor_belinda_medlyn" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Professor Belinda Medlyn</span></a></span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> at Western Sydney University (WSU).</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-paragraph" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">The</span> successful candidate will become part <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">of</span> <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">the</span> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.climateextremes.org.au/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Australian Research Council Centre <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">of</span> Excellence for Climate <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">Extremes</span></span></a></span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US"> an international research consortium <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">of</span> five Australian universities (<span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">The</span> University <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">of</span> New South Wales, Monash University, <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">The</span> University <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">of</span> <wbr>Melbourne, <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">The</span> University <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">of</span> T<wbr>asmania and <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">The</span> Australian National University) and a suite <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il">of </span></span></span></font><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">outstanding national and international Partner Organizations. </span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-il" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The</span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Centre provides excellent opportunities for travel and graduate student development.</span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-7382551065996888103gmail-m_-527607458904729043eop" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></span></p></span><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>We are looking for expressions of interest from outstanding graduates with a strong academic record including Honours Class I or equivalent. Graduates with a strong background in plant ecophysiology, mathematics, physics, atmospheric science, engineering or similar quantitative sciences are particularly encouraged to apply. Programming experience with fortran 90, Python or R, is desirable but not essential.</ol><ol style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding-left:0px"><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Questions should be directed to Martin De Kauwe (<a href="mailto:m.dekauwe@unsw.edu.au" target="_blank">m.dekauwe@unsw.edu.au</a>). Expressions <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-il">of</span> interest including a CV, full academic transcript, and <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-il">the</span> names <span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-il">of</span> up to three academic referees should be sent to </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:arccss.grad@unsw.edu.au" target="_blank"><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-527607458904729043gmail-normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">arccss.grad@unsw.edu.au</span></span></a></span><span class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail-m_-2395712669502185738gmail-m_-527607458904729043eop" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU"> by</span></span> <wbr>the 22nd of January for international students and by the 16th of April for domestic students. Note: this is not an official application, if your expression of interest is accepted we will guide you through the application process.</ol><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Many thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Martin</div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="m_5548733332739228568gmail-m_2012073957569814730gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">---</div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" style="font-size:12.8px">Dr Martin De Kauwe</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes </span><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">Climate Change Research Centre <br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">Room 462</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">UNSW Sydney</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">NSW 2052 Australia</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div><font style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#999999">t:</font><font color="#000000"> </font></font><font size="2">+61</font><font color="#000000">293858481</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#999999">m:</font><font color="#000000"> +61478096086</font></span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#999999">w:</font> </span><font color="#000000" style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://mdekauwe.github.io/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">http://mdekauwe.github.io</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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