Vacancy Announcement: Post-Doctoral Fellow - Crop Modeller (IRS Position Based in Nairobi, Kenya)

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CORBEELS, Marc (CIMMYT-Kenya)

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Dec 2, 2020, 7:50:45 AM12/2/20

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Dear all

Please find below/attached the announcement of a PostDoc position for a crop modeller at the CIMMYT office in Nairobi.

Best regards,

Marc Corbeels| Systems Agronomist

CIMMYT – Kenya – CIRAD - France

ICRAF House, United Nations Avenue – Gigiri | P.O. Box 1041-00621; Nairobi, Kenya

Tels: +254 20 722 4664 skype: corbeelsm cel: +254 711 999296

Maize and wheat science for improved livelihoods.

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Post-Doctoral Fellow – Crop Modeller

(IRS Position Based in Nairobi, Kenya)

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit agricultural research for development organization with partners in over 100 countries. Please refer to our website for more information: www.cimmyt.org

CIMMYT is seeking an an outstanding, motivated candidate for the position of Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in modelling agricultural crops. The position offers a career opportunity for a researcher interested in the use of crop models for risk assessment and climate change adaptation. The successful candidate will work in the Sustainable Intensification Program as a member of the ARISE project (Agriculture Resilience, Inclusive, and Sustainable Enterprise) funded by the EU, and in collaboration with CIRAD, France and Imperial College, London, UK. She/he will work at the interface of remote sensing, data processing and crop modelling. The work will involve parameterisation and testing of crop models with the integration of different sources of information (ground/field data, agrometeorological data, remote-sensing data, etc) to investigate the effects of crop and soil management on yields under the weather conditions of eastern and southern Africa. Emphasis will be given to the assessment of indices for risk transfer instruments.

The position will be based in CIMMYT’s office in Nairobi, Kenya.

Specific duties:

Data collection, pre-processing (including remote sensing data) and model set-up for simulating crop growth and yields under different scenarios of management for selected regions in eastern and southern Africa, using a grid-based ensemble of simulation models on a High-Performance Computer-based platform.
Analysis of climate-related risks to crop production using crop models
Analysis of scaling effects of 1D point simulations to larger scales
Presentation of the results of the research to academic and policy audiences (including through the writing of peer-reviewed journal articles and policy briefs, and at international conferences).

Vacancy Ad

IRS20136_Post-Doctoral Fellow - Crop Modeller.pdf

Candidates must apply here for IRS20136_Post-Doctoral Fellow – Crop Modeller. Screening and follow up of applications will begin on Monday, January 4th, 2021. Applications must include a CV and a cover letter. Incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration. For further information on the selection process, please contact Yessica Castillo, at y.cas...@cgiar.org

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

This position will remain open until filled.

CIMMYT is an equal opportunity employer. It fosters a multicultural work environment that values gender equality, teamwork, and respect for diversity. Women are encouraged to apply.