Job position

Postdoctoral position PHYDRAUCC

Postdoctoral position PHYDRAUCC

Interactions between water flow and growth of trees in a changing climate

  • Location

INRAE Grand Est
Champenoux
France

  • Mission

Background Water in trees is under tension. If this tension gets broken, for example due to droughts, trees have to rebuild new vessels or tracheids to restore full water flow. The interaction between tree growth and hydraulic traits is not yet implemented in current dynamic global vegetation models. The project PHydrauCC researches the interactions between tree growth and hydraulic traits and how this is changing with increasing CO2.

Aim The postdoc will embed new process descriptions how plants respond to climate extremes into the dynamic global vegetation model CABLE-POP. We expect that the enhanced model will display hysteresis and legacy effects in plant growth for several years after major drought and heatwave events. The postdoc will assess drought-related risks under climate change in temperate and boreal forests, with a special interest in the different hydraulic strategies of broadleaved angiosperms compared to needle-leaved gymnosperms.

  • Skills

PhD in suitable fields (physics, ecophysiology, global change biology)
Strong programming skills (e.g. Fortran, Python)
Good spoken and written English language skills
Ability to carry out independent and well-organised research, as well as work as part of a team
Interest in ecophysiology, forest functioning and/or biogeochemical cycles

  • Application

Applicants should submit a complete application package by email to the contact above. The application package should include (1) a curriculum vitae including a publication record, (2) statement of motivation, (3) names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of at least two references. Deadline 8th January 2024

  • Contact

MATTHIAS CUNTZ
+33 3 83 39 73 03
matthias.cuntz@inrae.fr

EMILIE JOETZJER
+33 6 58 88 42 14
emilie.joetzjer@inrae.fr

More information

Modification date : 21 December 2023 | Publication date : 21 December 2023 | Redactor : Corinne Martin