About a PhD Position (topic: global water-food relationship)

Ph.D Research Position in Crop Growth > and Water Resources Management Modelling > The Department of Systems Analyses, Integrated Assessment and Modelling, at the Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) would like to appoint a Ph.D candidate to undertake the research on model development and application for integrated crop and water resources management. The research is an integral part of the existing efforts in the department in examining water-food-trade relations and their environmental implications at different geographical levels around the world. > Food production is the largest water user in most of the countries, particularly those in the arid and semi-arid areas. The increasing scarcity in freshwater resources on the one hand and the continuous increase in the demand for additional and better food on the other have posed a great challenge to the world community. Food trade has been playing an important role in balancing local water budget and meeting the food demand in many regions and countries. Understanding the water-food-trade relations is important for formulating appropriate policies to better manage the limited water resources and improve food security. The major task of Ph.D candidate will be to further develop an existing GIS-based crop model and apply it for examining food-water-trade relations and supporting policy marking. The Ph.D candidate is expected to hold a Master’s degree in one (or more) of the following disciplines: environmental management, agricultural economics, geography and hydrology. He/she should possess good skills of programming and modelling. A good commend of the English language is also necessary. > The position is available immediately. The location of the position is at the Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology(Eawag), Duebendorf, Switzerland. The candidate will be registered at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ). > Please submit your application, including CV and names and contact details of two referees (attach your most recent publications if any),to Dr. Hong Yang, SIAM, EAWAG, Ueberlandstrasse. 133, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland. Tel: 41-1-8235568. Email: hong.yang@eawag.ch Or you can contact me (Junguo Liu) with my following information Junguo Liu Email:water21water@yahoo.com Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology > (EAWAG) Ueberlandstrasse 133 > P.O.Box 611 > CH-8600 Duebendorf > Switzerland > Phone: 0041-18235012 > Fax: 0041-18235375 > ______________________________________________