荷兰瓦格宁根大学招聘太空植物水营养关系方向博士后

2014年12月02日

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摘要：

We are looking for an enthusiastic postdoc who studies plant-water-nutrient relationships. Scientific knowledge on whole-plant physiology and fundamental processes under Moon and Mars gravity conditions is essential to ensure a safe and reliable food supply in future space exploration. Recently the EU (Horizon2020) has funded the TimeScale project, which project develops modular equipment in scalable advanced life support systems for space exploration (International Space Station, Moon, Mars). In this project Wageningen University cooperates with 7 European universities and companies. In this project the role of Wageningen University is to design a water and nutrient delivery system for crop cultivation in life support systems in space. The technical focal point will be to provide a healthy root zone environment, avoiding hypoxia, while having optimal availability of water and nutrients in a closed loop system. To create this environment online monitoring and control systems of oxygen availability and nutrient solution composition will be developed. The scientific objective is to assess and model water, nutrient and oxygen uptake and physiological transport in the plant. A scientific mechanistic model simulating water uptake, transpiration, cation uptake and distribution in the plant as well as oxygen consumption of roots will be developed and tested on ground. Arabidopsis thaliana, lettuce and tomato (mini varieties) will be used as model plants for food crops.

Description

You are a result-driven team player with creative ideas, excellent communication skills as well as good proficiency in English (both oral and written). You have a PhD in plant sciences or plant biology and you have published some high-quality papers in peer-reviewed journals. You have proven a profound knowledge of plant-water-nutrient relationships and whole-plant physiology. Expertise in modelling and quantitative analysis as well as soil science is strongly preferred. You are motivated to teach and supervise BSc and MSc students.

Benefits

A fulltime position as Post-doc for one year, with perspective of extension for 2 years. Gross salary per month max. € 4462,- (scale 11) based on full time employment and dependent on expertise and experience. A part time employment (minimal 0.8) is also possible. The selected candidates will be interviewed on Thursday 11 December 2014.0 - 0

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