Job Information
Organisation/Company: Università degli Studi di Catania
Research Field: Agricultural sciences
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Leading Researcher (R4), First Stage Researcher (R1), Established Researcher (R3)
Country: Italy
Application Deadline: 28/02/2023 – 00:59 (UTC)
Type of Contract: To be defined
Job Status: Not Applicable
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?: No
Offer Description
Innovative solutions to improve the efficiency of water use in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems made fragile
by climate change will be identified in the research activity, as follows: a) the integration of multi-source
data (satellite, climatic and crop) to obtain accurate estimates of crop water needs and of the crop potential
production features; b) the development of innovative and expeditious protocols for estimating biophysical
indicators, characteristic of the crop water status, based on the monitoring of the reflective and thermal
properties of the vegetation detected with proximal sensing techniques; c) the identification of response
models of different species (herbaceous and woody) capable of adapting to water deficit regimes; d) the
production of land suitability maps for herbaceous and tree species
Requirements
Additional Information
Eligibility criteria
Eligible destination country/ies for fellows:
- Italy
Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:
- EUROPE
Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:
- EUROPE
Website for additional job details
https://www.unict.it/bandi/ricerca-e-trasferimento-tecnologico/assegni-di-ricer…
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Università degli Studi di Catania
Country: Italy
Where to apply
Website: https://concorsi.unict.it
Contact
City: Catania
