PhD or Postdoc in dendroecology

Project “ADAPTED”: Finding climate-Adapted Trees in Northwestern Europe based on Dendrochronology/X-ray CT densitometry of trees from different forest genetic resources

• Responsabilities

-Study design: Mapping and selecting species and specific genetic resources
-Participate to field campaigns when needed
-Perform classic tree ring analysis/dendroclimatic analysis at Gembloux Agro-BioTech
-Perform densitometry at UGent-Woodlab, Ghent University
-Data analysis of large amounts of tree-ring data
-Writing manuscripts for publication in scientific articles

• Profile

Hold a master of forest science/dendrochronology or has a PhD in dendrochronology (outside Belgium).

Experience in dendro field work is a must. Knowledge of forest ecology is required and programming skills (R studio) are key.

• Information

This position is opened at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, a lovely campus with easy train connections from Brussels (https://www.gembloux.uliege.be).
- A 22-month contract as full-time PhD or international Post Doc.
- Net monthly salary of 2100-2700 €/month depending on candidate’s degree and working experience
The successful candidate will be based in Gembloux Agro-Biotech (University of Liège), and will have the opportunity to visit partners at Ghent University (UGCT- UGent-Woodlab), the AfricaMuseum (Tervuren), the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (Birmensdorf, Switserland) and present research results at international conferences.

• Application

- Starting date: as soon as possible (April 1 2020 preferably)

-Curriculum vitae with recent C.V. /Scientific C.V.
-Cover Letter, with motivation specifying how the candidate would fit in this project/how the candidate would elaborate on this project.

Applications can be sent by March 20 2020 to p.lejeune@ulg.ac.be (tom.demil@ugent.be in cc)

• Contact

For questions: contact Tom De Mil (Tom.demil@ugent.be)