[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoc - Interactions between water flow and growth of trees in a changing climate

[Matthias Cuntz]

Dear all,

We have a 3-year postdoc position open in our group to help understand legacy effects after severe droughts, working with a great French consortium with Emilie Joetzjer, Jean-Christophe Domec, Jérôme Ogée, Myriam Moreno, Cyrille Rathgeber, and me ;-).

Full announcement also available here: https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-14993 (english) or https://jobs.inrae.fr/ot-14994 (français)

Many thanks in advance for sharing this with potential candidates and sorry for cross-postings,
Matthias


Post-doctoral researcher
Interactions between water flow and growth of trees in a changing climate
Background Water in trees is under tension. If this tension gets broken, for example due to droughts, trees have to rebuild new vessels or tracheids to restore full water flow. The interaction between tree growth and hydraulic traits is not yet implemented in current dynamic global vegetation models. The project PHydrauCC researches the interactions between tree growth and hydraulic traits and how this is changing with increasing CO2.
Aim The postdoc will embed new process descriptions how plants respond to climate extremes into the dynamic global vegetation model CABLE-POP. We expect that the enhanced model will display hysteresis and legacy effects in plant growth for several years after major drought and heatwave events. The postdoc will assess drought-related risks under climate change in temperate and boreal forests, with a special interest in the different hydraulic strategies of broad-leaved angiosperms compared to needle-leaved gymnosperms.
We are looking for an enthusiastic researcher able to work with and develop large-scale vegetation models, who is motivated to study legacy effects in forests in response to major drought events.
The successful candidate will work closely with Matthias Cuntz <https://scholar.google.com.ph/citations?user=s93VuhMAAAAJ&hl=en> and Emilie Joetzjer <https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=HbGvaIIAAAAJ&hl=fr> (UMR Silva <https://www6.nancy.inrae.fr/silva/>) located in Nancy <https://www.google.com/maps/@48.7112558,6.2756119,12z>, France, and with the other members of the project PHydrauCC <https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-21-CE02-0033> such as Jean-Christophe Domec <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wqpm2moAAAAJ&hl=en>, Jérôme Ogée <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XTeDAJUAAAAJ&hl=en>, Myriam Moreno (UMR ISBA <https://ecofun.ispa.bordeaux.inrae.fr/>, Bordeaux), as well as Cyrille Rathgeber <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xzs0UC8AAAAJ&hl=en> (UMR Silva) and several students.
Requirements
PhD in suitable fields (physics, ecophysiology, global change biology)
Strong programming skills (e.g. Fortran, Python)
Good spoken and written English language skills
Ability to carry out independent and well-organised research, as well as work as part of a team
Interest in ecophysiology, forest functioning and/or biogeochemical cycles 
Location: UMR Silva <https://www6.nancy.inrae.fr/silva/> Nancy, France; 1.5 hours from Paris
Contract duration: 12 + 24 months
Starting Date: the position is available immediately and will remain open until filled
Contacts
Matthias Cuntz – matthias.cuntz at inrae.fr <mailto:matthias.cuntz at inrae.fr>
Emilie Joetzjer – emilie.joetzjer at inrae.fr <mailto:emilie.joetzjer at inrae.fr>
How to apply
Applicants should submit a complete application package by email to the contact above. The application package should include (1) a curriculum vitae including a publication record, (2) statement of motivation, (3) names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of at least two references.


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Matthias Cuntz, Fortran programmer, amongst others
Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
INRAE Centre Grand Est - Nancy
UMR1434 Silva
Route d’Amance
54280 Champenoux
France
Tel: +33 (0)3 83 39 73 03
E-Mail: matthias.cuntz (at) inrae.fr <http://inrae.fr/>
Web: http://www.nancy.inrae.fr/silva

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