<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear all,<br><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>
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<div>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 <span lang="EN-US">Emilie Joetzjer, </span><span lang="EN-US">Jean-Christophe Domec, </span><span lang="EN-US">Jérôme
Ogée, Myriam Moreno</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span lang="EN-US">Cyrille Rathgeber, and </span><span lang="EN-US">me ;-).</span></div>
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<div><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont">Full announcement also available here: <a href="https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-14993">https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-14993</a> (english) or <a href="https://jobs.inrae.fr/ot-14994">https://jobs.inrae.fr/ot-14994</a> (français)</font></div>
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<span class="gmail_signature_prefix"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span class="gmail_default">Many</span><span class="gmail_default"> thanks in advance for sharing this with potential candidates </span></font></span>and sorry for cross-postings,</div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Interactions between water flow and growth of trees in a changing climate</span><o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">Background</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US">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 </span><span lang="EN-AU">dynamic global
vegetation models. The </span><span lang="EN-US">project <b>PHydrauCC</b> researches the <b>interactions</b> between <b>tree growth and hydraulic traits</b> and how this is changing <b>with increasing CO<sub>2</sub></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">Aim </span></b><span lang="EN-US">The <b>postdoc</b> will embed <b>new process descriptions</b> how <b>plants respond to climate extremes</b> <b>into</b> the </span><span lang="EN-AU">dynamic
global vegetation model <b>CABLE-POP</b>. We expect that the enhanced model will display hysteresis and legacy effects in plant growth for several years after major drought and heatwave events. </span><span lang="EN-US">The postdoc </span><span lang="EN-AU">will <b>assess
drought-related risks under climate change</b> in temperate and boreal forests, with a special interest in the different hydraulic strategies of broad-leaved angiosperms compared to needle-leaved gymnosperms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont">We are <b>looking for</b> an <b>enthusiastic researcher</b> 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.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US">The successful candidate will work closely with </span></font><a href="https://scholar.google.com.ph/citations?user=s93VuhMAAAAJ&hl=en">Matthias Cuntz</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US"> and </span></font><a href="https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=HbGvaIIAAAAJ&hl=fr">Emilie
Joetzjer</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US"> (</span></font><a href="https://www6.nancy.inrae.fr/silva/">UMR Silva</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US">) located in </span></font><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@48.7112558,6.2756119,12z">Nancy</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">,</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> France,
and with the other members of the project </span></font><a href="https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-21-CE02-0033">PHydrauCC</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US"> such as </span></font><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wqpm2moAAAAJ&hl=en">Jean-Christophe
Domec</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US">, </span></font><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XTeDAJUAAAAJ&hl=en">Jérôme Ogée</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US">, Myriam Moreno (</span></font><a href="https://ecofun.ispa.bordeaux.inrae.fr/">UMR
ISBA</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US">, Bordeaux), as well as </span></font><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xzs0UC8AAAAJ&hl=en">Cyrille Rathgeber</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US"> (UMR Silva)</span><span lang="EN-US"> and
several students.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont">Requirements<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont">PhD in suitable fields (physics, ecophysiology, global change biology)<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Strong programming skills (e.g. Fortran, Python)</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US">Good spoken and written English language skills</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-GB">Ability to carry out independent and well-organised research, as well as work as part of a team</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-GB">Interest in ecophysiology, forest functioning and/or biogeochemical cycles </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">Location</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: </span></font><a href="https://www6.nancy.inrae.fr/silva/">UMR Silva</a><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Nancy,
France; 1.5 hours from Paris<span style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">Contract duration</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: 12 + 24 months<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">Starting Date</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: the position is available immediately and will remain open until filled<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">Contacts</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></font></p>
<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US">Matthias Cuntz – </span></font><a href="mailto:matthias.cuntz@inrae.fr">matthias.cuntz@inrae.fr</a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><span lang="EN-US">Emilie Joetzjer – </span></font><a href="mailto:emilie.joetzjer@inrae.fr">emilie.joetzjer@inrae.fr</a></div>
<font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"></font><p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);">How to apply</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(118, 146, 60);"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<div style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face=".AppleSystemUIFont">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.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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