<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear colleagues,<br class=""><div><div class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">we are offering a 3-year postdoc position on the combined modelling of plant hydraulics and xylem growth:</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-14993" class="">https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-14993</a> (english)</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://jobs.inrae.fr/ot-14994" class="">https://jobs.inrae.fr/ot-14994</a> (français)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for sharing it with colleagues and potential candidates and sorry for cross-postings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class="">Matthias</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">--</div><div class=""><div class="">Post-doctoral researcher: <b class="">Combined plant hydraulics and xylem growth in a global dynamic vegetation model</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Background</i></b> The project PHydrauCC researches the interactions between tree growth and hydraulic traits under ambient and elevated CO2, using data from Free-Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (FACE) facilities. To determine the resilience of trees under changing climatic conditions, it is imperative to know whether elevated CO2 will affect the structure of wood and the physiological traits conferring drought- and heat-tolerance. Plant hydraulic traits describe the efficiency and safety of water transport through roots, stems, branches, and leaves. It is unknown how growth variations under rising CO2 and a changing climate will affect those traits.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Aim</i></b> <b class="">This postdoc of PHydrauCC will assess forest resilience to future climate change on continental scale under the dichotomy of the very different hydraulic strategies of conifers and broadleaved trees. A hydraulic and tree-ring formation model, developed in another workpackage, will be adapted and incorporated in a dynamic global vegetation model.</b> We expect that the new combined model of tree-ring formation and plant hydraulics will display hysteresis and legacy effects in plant growth for several years after major drought and heat wave events. Drought-related risks under climate change in temperate and boreal forests will be evaluated, with a special interest in the different hydraulic strategies of broadleaved angiosperms compared to needle-leaved gymnosperms.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">We are looking for an enthusiastic researcher able to work with and develop large-scale vegetation models based on partial differential equations, who is motivated to study legacy effects in forests in response to major drought events.</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The successful candidate will work closely with <a href="https://scholar.google.com.ph/citations?user=s93VuhMAAAAJ&hl=en" class="">Matthias Cuntz</a> and <a href="https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=HbGvaIIAAAAJ&hl=fr" class="">Emilie Joetzjer</a> (<a href="https://www6.nancy.inrae.fr/silva/" class="">UMR Silva</a>) located in <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@48.7112558,6.2756119,12z" class="">Nancy</a>, France, and with the other members of the project <a href="https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-21-CE02-0033" class="">PHydrauCC</a> such as <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wqpm2moAAAAJ&hl=en" class="">Jean-Christophe Domec</a>, <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XTeDAJUAAAAJ&hl=en" class="">Jérôme Ogée</a>, Myriam Moreno (UMR ISBA), as well as <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xzs0UC8AAAAJ&hl=en" class="">Cyrille Rathgeber</a> (<a href="https://www6.nancy.inrae.fr/silva/" class="">UMR Silva</a>) and several students.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Requirements</i></b></div><div class=""><b class="">PhD in suitable fields (physics, ecophysiology, global change biology)</b></div><div class=""><b class="">Strong programming skills (e.g. Fortran, Python)</b></div><div class="">Good spoken and written English language skills</div><div class="">Ability to carry out independent and well-organised research, as well as work as part of a team</div><div class="">Interest in ecophysiology, forest functioning and/or biogeochemical cycles</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Location</i></b></div><div class=""><a href="https://www6.nancy.inrae.fr/silva/" class="">UMR Silva</a> Nancy (Champenoux), France</div><div class=""><b class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Contract duration</i></b></div><div class="">12 + 24 months</div><div class=""><b class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Starting Date</i></b></div><div class="">the position is available from October 2023 and will remain open until filled</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Contacts</i></b></div><div class="">Matthias Cuntz – <a href="mailto:matthias.cuntz@inrae.fr" class="">matthias.cuntz@inrae.fr</a></div><div class="">Emilie Joetzjer – <a href="mailto:emilie.joetzjer@inrae.fr" class="">emilie.joetzjer@inrae.fr</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">How to apply</i></b></div><div class=""> 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.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">--</div><div class=""><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><< The majority of existing climate models run on Fortran, a programming language created in the late 1950s that is unfamiliar to most people under 30. “I’m glad I can finally stop using my grandfather’s programming language,” says […], an EAPS doctoral student on the CliMA team. >></div></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Matthias Cuntz, Fortran programmer, amongst others</div></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">INRAE Centre Grand Est - Nancy</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">UMR1434 Silva</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Route d’Amance</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">54280 Champenoux</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">France</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Tel: +33 (0)3 83 39 73 03</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">E-Mail: matthias.cuntz (at) <a href="http://inrae.fr" class="">inrae.fr</a></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Web: <a href="http://www.nancy.inrae.fr/silva" class="">http://www.nancy.inrae.fr/silva</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>