Position: Postdoctoral Research Associates
Location: Nanjing Agricultural University, P.R. China
Position Description:
The National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture (NETCIA) is a national research center within Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) for conducting researches on innovation, integration, and transfer of key technologies in information agriculture. The NETCIA’s research directions are focused on four areas: agricultural information monitoring and diagnosis, agricultural production system simulation, agricultural precision management and decision support, and agricultural information product development. Due to the demand of scientific research, NETCIA is currently seeking 4 postdoctoral research associates to conduct researches on crop remote-sensing, agricultural information engineering, crop system simulation and precision management. The successful candidates will be provided with a salary commensurate with the postdoctoral package at NAU. In addition, NETCIA will provide a research subsidy for the successful applicant which is close to the salary from NAU. Besides, NETCIA will provide necessary working facilities for conducting scientific research. The position duration is 2 years, and the postdoctors with outstanding performance will be employed permanently by the NETCIA or be recommended for other opportunities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The successful candidates will work closely with the researchers and graduate students in NETCIA. The incumbents are expected to carry out research work independently on crop growth monitoring and diagnosis, or crop system simulation, or precision management, or sensor network and smart agriculture. Responsibilities include design and implementation of field experiments, analysis of experiment data, writing of research papers, application for invention patent and software copyright.
Basic Qualifications:
1. Under 35 years of age;
2. Obtained PhD in the related fields within the last 3 years;
3. Solid education background and research experience are highly expected in the relevant disciplines, such as crop remote sensing; GIS; agricultural information engineering; crop system simulation, and precision agriculture;
4. Teamwork, effective communication skills, and hardworking attitude are also desirable.
Contact Information:
Your application should include the cover letter, curriculum vitae, a list of representative publications in the last 3 years (indexed by SCI/EI), a statement of your research proposal, and two referees. Please send via email to Prof. Yan Zhu (yanzhu@njau.edu.cn, netcia@njau.edu.cn). For further information, please visit the website: //www.sakurasumi.com.