PhD student (f/m/d)

at  LeibnizZentrum fr Agrarlandschaftsforschung eV

LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FÜR AGRARLANDSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG E.V. - HR

Die Mission des Leibniz-Zentrums für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V. als national und international agierendes Forschungszentrum ist es, an der ökonomisch, ökologisch und sozial nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft der Zukunft zu forschen – gemeinsam mit Akteuren aus der Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis. Das ZALF ist Mitglied der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft und unterhält neben dem Hauptstandort in Müncheberg (ca. 35 Minuten mit der Regionalbahn von Berlin-Lichtenberg) eine Forschungsstation mit weiteren Standorten in Dedelow sowie Paulinenaue.
The Sustainable Grassland Systems group is offering a PhD position within the DFG funded research group, Agroforestry for sustainable multifunctional agriculture (FORMULA) as part of the sub-project MapFun - Mapping Plant Functional Variation. The group is located at the research station Paulinenaue (30 minutes by regional train from Berlin-Spandau). Together with partners at University of Giessen, the project aims to study variation in plant functional traits at intra- and interspecific level with a focus on aboveground-belowground functional links from the root, over the leaf to hyperspectral signatures. The PhD student at ZALF will focus on root-leaf functional linkages using concepts of plant economics including mycorrhizal symbiosis, while the hyperspectral expertise will be situated with the closely collaborating PhD student at Giessen. The research will use a combination of greenhouse experimentation and field sampling in agroforestry systems in Brandenburg and Hessen.
Subject to final approval of funds, we are offering a 65% position for 4 years at our location in Paulinenaue as PhD student (f/m/d).
PhD student (f/m/d)

REQUIREMENTS:

• Master in plant biology, ecology, evolution or similar
• strong interest in conceptual ecological thinking
• willingness to undertake extensive field work
• statistical and programming skills in R
• excellent communication skills in English
• good teamwork skills with willingness to collaborate across disciplines

Please refer the Job description for details