The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) was established 1 July 2015 and is one of Norway's largest research institutes. NIBIO's activities lie within agriculture, food, climate and the environment. The Institute conducts research and management support, and provides knowledge for use in national preparedness, governmental and district management, industry, and the society at large. NIBIO has approximately 700 employees present in all parts of the country. Its main office is located at Ås in Akershus. NIBIO is owned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 

The Division for Food Production and Society is a national leading research and competence unit with key research areas in crop production, agronomy, soil science, ecology, biodiversity as well as economics and social sciences. The division has approximately 130 employees and is divided into seven departments.

The PhD Position has its home at the Department of Horticulture. The position is a 3 years contract with start as soon as possible.

Job descriptionThe PhD candidate will participate in a research project with the aim to increase sustainable, resource effective and profitable production of fresh, healthy, high quality vegetables in controlled environments.  He or she will work in a multidisciplinary team to quantify plant physiological, environmental and economic value of new greenhouse technologies.

The position will be mainly based at NIBIO Særheim, 25 km south from Stavanger, Norway. The candidate will be stationed for a period of 6-12 months at Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture, in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The candidate will be enrolled in the PhD program at the University of Stavanger (UiS), department of mathematics and natural sciences.

Main duties and responsibilitiesThe position holder will develop and applicate models for the optimization of economic return of a vegetable crop (tomato) and costs associated with climatization and operation of new and existing greenhouse facilities. He or she will evaluate the robustness of the result with respect to plant responses, variability of climate management and marked prices using a modelling approach, develop and applicate models for the optimization of greenhouse design, and life cycle assessment. The position holder will be responsible for data collection on greenhouse design, climate conditions and plant responses, environmental and economic data and publishing in high-ranking international journals. The candidate will also participate in adjacent projects.    Professional qualificationsApplicants must have a strong academic background with a five-year master degree within Industrial/Environmental Engineering, Environmental Technology or related, preferably recently. Both the grade for the master's thesis and the weight average grade of the master's degree must individually be equivalent to or better than a B grade. Candidates must be able to work effectively in fluent English. Knowledge of Norwegian or willingness to learn Norwegian will be evaluated positively.

We are looking for a candidate with strong quantitative skills and preferably with experience in modelling the interactions between plant production and environmental conditions. Specifically, we are looking for a candidate with some or all of the following skills and experiences:

• Strong programming skills (Matlab, C, R) and a good command of statistics
• Experience with mathematical modelling and optimization techniques
• Experience with developing and handling large datasets
• Affinity to horticulture and technical skills will be evaluated positively.

Personal qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, preferably in an internatio
  
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  Arbeidsgiver Navn: Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi (NIBIO)
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: Postvegen 213 4353 KLEPP STASJON
  
  Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers
  
  Land: Norge
  
  Region: Rogaland
  
  Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
  
  Hvordan søke: Annet - se fritekst
  
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  Lønn periode: Pr. år
  
  
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