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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Two postdoc positions in modelling plant-environment interactions,
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are looking for highly motivated candidates, with experience in developing mechanistic models coupling plants, ecosystems, and environmental conditions.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">One position will be associated with the project “Examining the prospects of perennial grain crops for sustainable food production” – a collaboration between the Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences (SLU) and The Land Institute and the University of Kansas in the USA. There is an emerging interest in the use of perennial grain crops, which are under development, for their ability to provide food as well as many ecosystem services. Yet, a shift
from annual to perennial crops presents several potential tradeoffs, mediated by crop traits as well as climatic and soil conditions. The aim of the project is to explore such tradeoffs using mathematical models.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The other position will be part of the project “Innovative modelling approaches for the identification of boreal forest management strategies under a changing climate” – involving the Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) in Finland. Boreal forests are warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet and increasingly prone to drought and heat stress. Exploiting mathematical models the project
aims at identifying the key mechanisms behind boreal forest response to climate change; and to evaluate management solutions to prepare boreal forests and forestry for future climates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The postdoctoral researchers will develop, evaluate, and apply mechanistic models and stochastic methods for the assessment of the interactions between plants and the environment in managed ecosystems.
While there is some flexibility in the research tasks and approaches, the work will include development of novel process-based mathematical models, use of existing ones, and collation and analyses of ecophysiological, environmental and climatic data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applicants should have a PhD in quantitative disciplines, such as plant biology, ecology, hydrology, earth and environmental sciences, agronomy, applied mathematics or physics, or related fields.
Excellent communication skills in English (both written and oral) are required. The applicants are expected to have documented research experience with models coupling plants, ecosystems, and environmental conditions, including strong quantitative and programming
skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read more at </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline for application: Sept 26<sup>th</sup>, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applications are to be submitted by clicking on the Apply button at the bottom of the call for applications (</span><span lang="SV" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://bit.ly/2ZxgDtJ"><span lang="EN-US">https://bit.ly/2ZxgDtJ</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Giulia Vico<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Giulia Vico, Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ResearcherID: <a href="https://publons.com/researcher/1168883/giulia-vico/">
A-6296-2010</a>; ORCID: <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7849-2653">0000-0002-7849-2653</a>;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=R1l9EGMAAAAJ&view_op=list_works">Google Scholar Profile</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Department of Crop Production Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7043, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:giulia.vico@slu.se">
giulia.vico@slu.se</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Web page: <a href="https://giuliavico.wordpress.com/">
https://giuliavico.wordpress.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Twitter: @Vico_Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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