[ES_JOBS_NET] 2 PhD positions BIFoR FACE - deadlines 10th Jan and 10th Feb 2020

[Thomas Pugh]

Hi all,

We have two fully-funded PhD positions available at the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research at the University of Birmingham, with potential to link closely with the University of Western Sydney in Australia.


  1.  Seeing the water through the trees: how much water will forests of the future hold?
  2.  From branch to forest to globe: How do trees choices regarding growth affect forest responses to increased carbon dioxide levels?

Project 1 will focus on measurements of how trees make use of stored water under current and likely future conditions, working at the globally-unique mature temperate forest FACE experiment at BIFoR, with potential to also develop a programme of research including the EucFACE experiment in Australia. The project takes a view towards improving our capability to model effects of droughts on forests and links with teams in Australia, Germany, Netherlands and the UK. This scholarship is part of the CENTA2 doctoral training programme, and is available to UK or EU students. Please see the link below for more details on the project, on the overall programme, and for the application form. Deadline for applications is the 10th January
http://www.centa.org.uk/themes/climate-environmental-sustainability/b29/

Project 2 seeks to disentangle the controls behind how forests allocate carbon to wood, identifying key biological processes governing their formation and loss, and the responses of those processes to environmental drivers, particularly atmospheric CO2, water availability and soil nutrient status. The student will works in two ground-breaking experimental forests in contrasting environments of Australia (EucFACE) and the United Kingdom (BIFoR FACE). These experiments subject mature and intact forest stands to the levels of carbon dioxide expected in the atmosphere in the year 2050. The student will carry out measurements and analysis at both locations with a view to developing new understanding that will inform parameterisations of forest function in computer models used to project future forest carbon uptake. This scholarship is part of the Forest Edge doctoral training programme and is open for worldwide applications. Deadline for applications is the 10th February.
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/from-branch-to-forest-to-globe-how-do-trees-choices-regarding-growth-affect-forest-responses-to-increased-carbon-dioxide-levels/?p117731
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgr/funding/bifor-phds.aspx

For more information on either project please contact Tom Pugh (t.a.m.pugh at bham.ac.uk<mailto:t.a.m.pugh at bham.ac.uk>) or Josh Larsen (j.larsen at bham.ac.uk<mailto:j.larsen at bham.ac.uk>).

Cheers,

Tom

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