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Two years Postdoctoral position in GHG modeling The group “Carbon and Global Changes” within the Research Unit Eco&Sols (Functional Ecology and Biogeochemisty of Soils and Agroecosystems) based in Montpellier (France), in association with InraInfosol in Orléans (France) is seeking a highly motivated and reliable postdoc fellow who will work on biogeochemical modeling to predict greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural soils including crops and grasslands. The project is part of the COMETGlobal project recently funded by FACCEJPI (http://www.faccejpi.com) and French National Agency for Research (ANR), with the focus on estimating GHG emissions and removals in the agricultural sector across multiple space and time scales (see below). The project will specifically focus on comparing alternative and conventional farming practices for their potential to mitigate GHG emissions at the scale of farm management and policy level. The project will also evaluate biogeochemical models as a GHG emission accounting method. Requirements Applicants should have completed a Ph.D. in Agriculture, Ecology, Soil Science, or a closely related field. The successful candidate must have excellent oral and written communication skills in English, and be able to work both independently and in collaboration with other researchers. It is required to have experience working in laboratory/field work, computer programing to facilitate data management and analysis in GIS context, as well as biogeochemical modeling (e.g., Century, Daycent, RothC, ECOSSE…). Model development and implementation is highly preferable. Tasks will include, but not limited to: Compilation of data sets from longterm experiments Compilation and intersection of spatial data sets Literature search and compilation of crop and soil emission parameters Compilation and categorization of agricultural management practices Model parameterization and validation Uncertainty analyses Comparisons and evaluation of methodologies for GHG emission accounting Writing manuscripts Developing research projects The appointment will be for a year with potential renewal based on performance. The postdoc work will be supervised by Dr Martial Bernoux (Eco&SolsMontpellier) and Dr Manuel Martin (InfosolOrléans). Interested applicants should send a cover letter, CV (please also list publications, scientific presentations and analytical and programming skills), and the names/contact information for three references by email. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The anticipated starting date will be October 2014 but start date can be negotiated. For more information and application, please contact Martial Bernoux (martial.bernoux(at)ird.fr) and Manuel Martin (manuel.martin(at)orleans.inra.fr).

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Two years Postdoctoral position in GHG modeling 

 

The group “Carbon and Global Changes” within the Research Unit Eco&Sols (Functional Ecology and 

Biogeochemisty of Soils and Agro‐ecosystems) based in Montpellier (France), in association with Inra‐

Infosol in Orléans (France) is seeking a highly motivated and reliable postdoc fellow who will work on 

biogeochemical modeling to predict greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural soils including 

crops and grasslands. The project is part of the COMET‐Global project recently funded by FACCE‐JPI 

(http://www.faccejpi.com)  and  French  National  Agency  for  Research  (ANR),  with  the  focus  on 

estimating GHG  emissions  and  removals  in  the  agricultural  sector  across multiple  space  and  time 

scales  (see  below).  The  project will  specifically  focus  on  comparing  alternative  and  conventional 

farming practices for their potential to mitigate GHG emissions at the scale of farm management and 

policy  level.  The  project will  also  evaluate  biogeochemical models  as  a GHG  emission  accounting 

method. 

 

Requirements 

 Applicants should have completed a Ph.D.  in Agriculture, Ecology, Soil Science, or a closely related 

field. The successful candidate must have excellent oral and written communication skills in English, 

and be able to work both independently and in collaboration with other researchers. It is required to 

have  experience  working  in  laboratory/field  work,  computer  programing  to  facilitate  data 

management and analysis in GIS context, as well as biogeochemical modeling (e.g., Century, Daycent, 

RothC, ECOSSE…). Model development and implementation is highly preferable. 

Tasks will include, but not limited to: 

∙         Compilation of data sets from long‐term experiments  

∙         Compilation and intersection of spatial data sets 

∙         Literature search and compilation of crop and soil emission parameters 

∙         Compilation and categorization of agricultural management practices 

∙         Model parameterization and validation 

∙         Uncertainty analyses 

∙         Comparisons and evaluation of methodologies for GHG emission accounting 

∙         Writing manuscripts 

∙         Developing research projects 

 

The appointment will be for a year with potential renewal based on performance. The postdoc work 

will  be  supervised  by  Dr Martial  Bernoux  (Eco&Sols‐Montpellier)  and Dr Manuel Martin  (Infosol‐

Orléans). Interested applicants should send a cover letter, CV (please also list publications, scientific 

presentations and analytical and programming skills), and the names/contact  information for three 

references by email.  

Review  of  applications  will  begin  immediately  and  will  continue  until  the  position  is  filled.  The 

anticipated starting date will be October 2014 but start date can be negotiated. 

 

For more information and application, please contact Martial Bernoux (martial.bernoux(at)ird.fr) and 

Manuel Martin (manuel.martin(at)orleans.inra.fr).   

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COMET‐Global: Whole‐farm GHG estimation and environmental diagnostics platform 

(2014‐2016) 

 

PI: Keith Paustian, Colorado State University and CoPI: Stephen Ogle, Colorado State University  

Project Partners: Jorge Alvaro‐Fuentes – Spanish National Research Council, Spain; Martial Bernoux – IRD, France ; Peter Grace – Queensland University of Technology, Australia ; Emanuele Lugato – EU‐JRC, Italy ; Manuel Martin – INRA, France ; Johan Six – Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland ; Jo Smith – University of Aberdeen, UK ; Pete Smith – University of Aberdeen, UK 

 

Project summary 

Access  to  reliable  and  readily  available  estimates  of  the  consequence  of  different  land  use  and 

management  practices  on  greenhouse  gas  (GHG)  emissions  is  a  prerequisite  for  successful 

implementation of  land use‐based GHG mitigation strategies. Moreover, this  information  is needed 

at  the  level  at  which management  decisions  are  actually made  –  at  the  field  scale  –  and  thus 

information systems must be: 1) easily and universally available, 2) usable by non‐experts, 3) employ 

state‐of‐the‐art technology and 4) be easily aggregated to larger scales. 

Our overall project aim  is to develop and deploy a state‐of‐the‐art system for full greenhouse gas 

(GHG) accounting, operational at  the  scale of an  individual entity  (e.g.,  farm,  livestock operation). 

The  system will be web‐based,  free  and  accessible by  anyone having  an  internet  connection. Key 

attributes of  the  system will  include: 1) use of advance methods,  including well‐validated process‐

based models  that  are  run  in  real‐time  at  high  spatial  resolution,  using  site‐specific  data  on  soil 

properties, climate and  land use and management practices; 2)  flexibility, so  that users can select, 

were  appropriate,  country‐specific  methods  and  emission  parameters;  3)  user‐friendly  design, 

making  it possible  for  land managers and others, without  specialized  knowledge of GHG emission 

processes to use the system,  in their native  language; and 4)  information on uncertainty, based on 

robust statistical methods. An important goal of the consortium will be to disseminate and promote 

the  uptake  of  the  COMET‐Global  system,  including  engagement  and  outreach  to  farmer 

organizations, environmental groups, governmental agencies and other stakeholders  in each of the 

partner countries, as well as other researchers working on GHG mitigation in the land use sector. 

 

The  system  development will  leverage  an  existing  comprehensive web‐based  tool,  COMET‐Farm, 

operational in the US. In addition to implementing spatial data (climate, soil, land management) and 

country‐specific emission factors and methods for non‐soil GHG emissions, two widely used process‐

based models, RothC and ECOSSE, will be incorporated along with the DayCent model for estimating 

soil  GHG  emissions.  The  user  interface  will  be  provided  with  multi‐lingual  capabilities  (English, 

French, Spanish, German and Italian) to provide maximum convenience on the part of a multinational 

user community.