The Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences at the University of Bonn, Germany, invites applications for a full
W3 Professorship for Functional and 3D Modeling of Plants
The professorship will strengthen the Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob () with a focus on developing models of individual plants explicitly linking their 3D geometry, processes, and functions. We seek an individual who has achieved international recognition in simulation modeling of whole plants at crop level. A central element is the plant's 3D geometry, and models should predict plant growth, development, and yield as well as key physiological relationships across the whole plant. The models should include responses and possible adaptation mechanisms of plants and crops to abiotic stresses such as drought and temperature stress or nutrient deficiencies. The research should complement and link to the existing modeling competencies of the Cluster of Excellence toward comprehensive multiscale crop models and should include plant-plant interactions that appear in conventional crops, crop mixtures, and new cropping systems.
The coordination of collaborative research projects and networks is expected for the future.
Teaching activities are expected in agricultural study programs of the Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences that relate to modeling and computer simulations of plants.
Please apply via our application web portal: .