PhD opportunity in Monitoring tropical Forests with CIFOR
and The University of Wageningen
Deadline: 15 Mar 2014
Duties and Responsibilities
The candidate is expected to work in component 3 and focus
on studying terrestrial laser scanning for assessing tropical forest
characteristics such as height, volume, foliage and biomass and related changes
due to human activities. Terrestrial laser scanning has received increasing
attention for its capacity to allow retrieving forest structural parameters and
better linking ground and remote sensing data for quantitative forest
monitoring. Although there are some experiences of exploring this technology in
sub-tropical and tropical forest environments, systematic studies in tropical
forests are largely missing. Research would involve evaluating different data
acquisition strategies in terms of sampling and scanning density in different
forest densities and understory characteristics, assessing the accuracy of
t-LIDAR estimates to determine key forest parameters such as height, volume,
and biomass, studying the role of the full-waveform t-LIDAR signals and different
processing schemes and process and using the LIDAR data for collaborative
research with the other project partners.
Function Requirements
Education, experience, technical skills and competencies:
A motivated researcher with MSc degree
Related experiences in Forestry, Remote Sensing, Terrestrial
surveying, Ecology, Environmental Science, or Geography or a related field.
A background in terrestrial laser scanning and related data
analysis and processing is an asset.
Knowledge about tropical forests and the REDD process is
appreciated. Experiences and willingness to work with and in developing
tropical countries, and organizing and conducting field work in tropical
forests is important.
Excellent written and spoken English
Personal attributes and competencies:
Be self motivated, outgoing and welcome the opportunity to
work with significant autonomy
Be a team player and have excellent interpersonal
communications skills
Terms and Conditions:
The PhD position is supported by CIFOR with a monthly
stipend of €1700 for up to 4 years. The PhD research is conducted mainly at the
Centre for Geo-Information at Wageningen University (NL) and the related
Graduate School (www.pe-rc.nl) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Martin Herold
in close collaboration with CIFOR partners.
The successful candidate is
expected to spend some time at CIFOR’s headquarter in Bogor, Indonesia,
and to spend a significant amount of time with field work in different
locations. He/she is also required to engage in international exchange and
meetings.
Application process can be found HERE : http://www.cifor.org/about-us/careers-with-cifor.html
The application deadline is 15 March 2014.
We will acknowledge all applications, but we will contact
only short-listed candidates.
To apply, please visit our career page and submit your
application materials (including a CV and a motivation letter) at the
Wageningen University vacancy page
University of Wageningen Website for more information is HERE :
https://www.connexys.nl/wageningenursite/page.html?p_sfw_id=652&adv_pub_id=1&adv_taal=2&p_taal=2
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