Uiterste inschrijvingsdatum Oct 01, 2024 00:00
Vakgroep/directie/dienst LA20 - Vakgroep Omgeving
Type contract Contract van bepaalde duur
Diploma MSc in Mechatronics Engineering, Agriculture Engineering (not agronomy), Biosystems Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
Bezettingsgraad 100%
Vacature type Overig academisch personeel
A fully funded PhD scholarship in soil and crop monitoring
ABOUT GHENT UNIVERSITY
Ghent University is a world of its own. Employing more than 15.000 people, it is actively involved in education and research, management and administration, as well as technical and social service provision on a daily basis. It is one of the largest, most exciting employers in the area and offers great career opportunities.
With its 11 faculties and more than 85 departments offering state-of-the-art study programmes grounded in research in a wide range of academic fields, Ghent University is a logical choice for its staff and students.
Doctoral fellow
A 4-year PhD fellowship is available in Precision Soil and Crop Engineering Group (Precision Scoring), within the Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering in Ghent University (UGent) in Belgium.
YOUR JOB
We are looking for an enthusiastic young engineer to complete a PhD degree under WHEATWATCHER EC funded project. The aim of the WHEATWATCHER is to develop and implement an integrated soil and crop monitoring system to assess soil nutrients status and chemical and biological stressors affecting and/or contaminating wheat grains from at-field growing stage to flour production in various regions across Europe, which will provide a management and decision tool for the farmers, mill owners and policy makers to guarantee quality and safe food production. Ghent University (UGent) is the coordination partner of the project, with Prof. Abdul Mouazen named as the project coordinator.
The successful candidate should answer research questions related to monitoring of different sources of contaminants in agricultural soils and wheat. He/she will need to contribute to the design, optimization and implementation of soil and crop sensing platforms for the collection of data on soil, crop and wheat grains to enable precision agriculture decision making for contaminants removal and mitigation. You will also support the delivery of the tasks assigned to UGent in WHEATWATCHER project.
Other responsibilities include supporting the Precision Scoring group in:
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
Applications should be submitted to Dr. Muhammad Qaswar (e-mail: muhammad.qaswar@ugent.be) and copy Prof. Abdul M. Mouazen (e-mail: abdul.mouazen@ugent.be) by 26th May 2024, enclosing the following documents:
For more information about this vacancy, please contact Prof. Abdul M. Mouazen (abdul.mouazen@UGent.be, +32(0)9 264 6247).
We do not accept late applications.
Ghent University is one of the top 100 universities in the Dutch language area, with more than 44,000 students and 15,000 staff members.
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