Applications are open for two, four-year postdoctoral positions working at the forefront of agricultural systems research.
Grant-Funded Researcher A/B – School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
A unique four-year postdoctoral research position working at the forefront of agricultural systems science.
We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher specialising in agronomy to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team that is working towards identifying the next frontier in dryland farming systems in Australia’s Southern Grains Region (SGR). This opportunity addresses a significant new investment for the grains industry made by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). The overarching aim of the project is to better understand the drivers of profitability and sustainability in farming systems within the SGR.
The successful candidate will contribute to generating insights into sustainable and profitable farming systems from crop rotation trials being undertaken across South Australia and Victoria. These trials will evaluate broader system performance metrics (e.g., soil N, SOC, GHG emissions, disease risk, microbiome diversity etc) and test new systems with respect to these broader system performance metrics.
For more information and to apply, visit: https://careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/512013/grantfunded-researcher-ab-school-of-agriculture-food-and-wine
Grant-Funded Researcher A/B – School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
A unique four-year postdoctoral research position working at the forefront of agricultural systems modelling.
We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher specialising in agricultural systems modelling to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team that is working towards identifying the next frontier in dryland farming systems in Australia’s Southern Grains Region (SGR). This opportunity addresses a significant new investment for the grains industry made by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).
The successful candidate will apply the process-based model Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM) to evaluate a range of farming system performance metrics, and how they are affected by strategic decisions (e.g., enterprise choice), tactical decisions (e.g., nutrient application) and externalities (e.g., climate/weather). They will also apply APSIM in conjunction with tools to estimate greenhouse gas emissions from integrated crop-livestock systems, geographical information systems to transfer insights across the SGR beyond data-rich sites, and numerical software packages to identify optimal trade-offs between various profitability and sustainability objectives.
For more information and to apply, visit: https://careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/512014/grantfunded-researcher-ab-school-of-agriculture-food-and-wine