PhD Student Position (D07/08) (Munich) Germany

March 31, 2008

As the leading research center in Europe in the field of environmental health (the connecting discipline between biomedicine and environmental research), scientists in the Helmholtz Center Munich analyse fundamental processes of disease development, and the damage to, as well as the defence and compensatory mechanisms of, organisms.

The Helmholtz Center Munich is a national research center of the Federal Government and the State of Bavaria with its headquarters in Neuherberg to the north of Munich, and is a member of the Helmholtz Association, the largest public research organisation in Germany.

The Soil-Plant Systems Modelling group of the Institute of Soil Ecology offers a position as part of the project “Structure and Functions of Agricultural Landscapes under Global Climate Change” funded by the German Research Council (DFG) for a talented and motivated

PhD Student (D07/08)

Job Description
- development and test of a new crop model
- improvement of photosynthesis and resource allocation sub-models
- development and test of a new sub-model of photosynthesis acclimation to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations

Your Qualifications
- degree in mathematics, natural sciences or agri-/silvi-cultural engineering
- experience in crop or soil-plant systems modelling
- good knowledge of the programming language C
- outstanding team player

Our Offer
- Working in an innovative, well- equipped and scientifically stimulating surrounding
- Initial short-term employment contract for 3 years and a standard public service salary (TVÖD)

The Helmholtz Center Munich as holder of the Bavarian Advancement of Women Prize and of the Total E-Quality Certificate is striving to increase the overall proportion of women on its staff and thus expressly urges qualified women to apply.

We look forward to receiving your application.
PD Dr. Priesack
e-mail: priesack@helmholtz-muenchen.de
phone: ++49-89-3187-3354

Helmholtz Center Munich
German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)
Institute of Soil Ecology
Postfach 1129
85758 Neuherberg

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