{"id":26,"date":"2024-04-04T08:26:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T05:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/estflux\/phd-position\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T08:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T05:27:37","slug":"phd-position","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/estflux\/phd-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-hover\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width: 1200px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0<br>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\tUniversity of Tartu, Estonia\u00a0<br>A PhD position in Geography\u00a0<br>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br><span style=\"font-size:20px\"><span style=\"color:#008000\">Title: Dynamics of carbon and water fluxes in\u00a0<br>temperate and boreal forest ecosystems\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\tSupervisors: Alisa Krasnova <em>(PhD)<\/em>, Kaido Soosaar <em>(Assoc. Prof.)<\/em>, Prof. \u00dclo Mander <em>(Prof.)<\/em><br>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\t\t\t\tForest ecosystems play an important role in the global carbon (C) and\u00a0water cycles. In recent decades, the frequency of climate extremes has increased and significantly impacted forest ecosystems\u2019 C cycle and water regimes. For instance, a severe heatwave in the summer of 2018 changed some Estonian forests from a net C sink during the vegetation season of 2017 to a net C source in 2018. However, only a few studies compare various forest ecosystem types within temperate and boreal zones regarding their long-term dynamics of C and water fluxes and the characterization of their differences in tolerance to climate extremes.\u00a0<br>This PhD project will analyze the temporal and spatial dynamics of C and water fluxes\u00a0<br>(evapotranspiration) and water use efficiency (WUE) in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems. Long-term eddy-covariance measurements from several Estonian stations, as well as FLUXNET and ICOS network stations, will be used for the analysis.\u00a0<br><strong>Specific research aims are:<\/strong> (1) to analyze the dynamics of C and water fluxes, and water use efficiency of various temperate and boreal forests, (2) to clarify the impact of climate extremes on these dynamics. \u00a0<br>As the majority of the work is with large datasets (eddy-covariance and meteorological measurements), we expect applicants to have some experience with data analysis in any of the common programming languages (MATLAB, Python, R).\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDuration of PhD studies: 4 years\u00a0<br>More about doctoral studies in University of Tartu: <a data-url=\"https:\/\/ut.ee\/en\/doctoral-studies\" href=\"https:\/\/ut.ee\/en\/doctoral-studies\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ut.ee\/en\/doctoral-studies<\/a>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Application deadline: 15th May 2023<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<br>Interested applicant is expected to send (1) a CV that includes programming languages and software skill levels, (2) a one-page personal statement describing their scientific interests and career objectives.\u00a0<br><strong>Contact person:<\/strong>\u00a0Assoc. Prof. Kaido Soosaar (kaido.soosaar@ut.ee)\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fid=\"76575\" href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/phd_position_university_of_tartu_estonia.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"402\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/screenshot_26.png\" title=\"screenshot_26.png\" alt=\"join\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/screenshot_26.png 718w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/screenshot_26-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\"><\/a><br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t\u00a0<br>\n<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 University of Tartu, Estonia\u00a0A PhD position in Geography\u00a0 Title: Dynamics of carbon and water fluxes in\u00a0temperate and boreal forest ecosystems\u00a0 Supervisors: Alisa Krasnova (PhD), Kaido Soosaar (Assoc. 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