Postdoctoral Research Associate in Spatial Agricultural Modelling in Australia

The Faculty of Science of the University of Sydney is offering a position as a postdoctoral research associate in spatial agricultural modelling.

Duties of the position

The appointee will be expected to liaise with project partners and stakeholders; use mechanistic modelling to spatialise crop yield predictions under a variety of data input scenarios; use data-driven models and machine learning to better understand the spatio-temporal impact of soil properties, weather, management, and residual herbicides on crops; publish research in peer reviewed publications and help manage the project to ensure the delivery of project milestones.

Required selection criteria

Applicants should possess a PhD (or near completion) in precision agriculture, crop modelling, remote sensing, computer science or other quantitative disciplines; expertise in data-centric languages such as R and/or Python; expertise in analysis of spatial data such as remote sensing, and/or ‘on-farm’ data such as yield maps; a track record of publications in peer-reviewed journals and experience in liaising with industry stakeholders/farmers and managing projects involving multiple people and/or organisations. Expertise in mechanistic modelling such as crop simulation models (e.g. APSIM, DSSAT), or other agriculture-related simulation models (e.g. soil carbon models such as Roth-C) and expertise in machine learning/AI and/or statistical modelling will be a plus.

Benefits 

The selected candidate will be offered a 3 years fixed term contract with a base anual salary ranging from $105,350 to $112,462.

Organisation/Company – UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

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Country – Australia

Application Deadline – 29 June 2024