Veröffentlicht: 14 Juni 2024
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ENAC - PhD position in ecohydrological modeling for climate-smart agriculture (CHANGE)
The Catchment Hydrology and Geomorphology Lab ( CHANGE ) led by Prof. Sara Bonetti at EPFL in Sion is looking for a PhD candidate to work on the SNSF-funded project SMART-AGRI (A global spatially-explicit quantification of the benefits of climate-smart agricultural practices under future climates).
Sustainable food production requires finding the right balance between food and nutritional security while protecting the environment and addressing climate issues. Climate-smart agriculture has been promoted as a systematic approach for developing agricultural strategies that ensure food security in the context of climate change. However, a detailed quantification of the effects of such practices across different environmental settings and under future climates is currently missing, making it difficult to assess their actual potential. The SMART-AGRI project aims to quantify the benefits of different climate-smart practices across global cropland areas, and identify the combinations of practices that concurrently optimize multiple objectives (from crop production to climate change mitigation and preservation of environmental resources). As a PhD candidate, you will have the opportunity to further current understanding in this field through a combination of data analysis, numerical model development, and global-scale simulations of coupled water, energy, carbon, and nutrient dynamics under current and future climates.
September 2024 (start date is negotiable).
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1-year fixed-term contract, renewable for 4 years according to EPFL rules.
Interested applicants should send the following documents (in a single pdf) to [emailprotected] :
Screening will start on May. 10th (but the position will remain open until filled).
To be eligible for a PhD at EPFL, note that candidates also need to apply to the Doctoral Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering (EDCE).
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Prof. Sara Bonetti ( [emailprotected] ).