The salary level for PhD students with qualific...

The salary level for PhD students with qualifications corresponding to a Danish Master degree is approx. DKK 288,000 per year excluding pension (corresponding to USD 48,600 / EUR 38,600 per year - depending on the rate of exchange at the actual time of employment). Matriculation as a PhD student will be in accordance with Ministerial Order no. 18 of 14 January 2008 on the PhD Programme at Universities, and matriculation at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences is a prerequisite for employment as a PhD student. Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact: Mogens H. Greve, email: ******, or Peder K. Bøcher, email: ******  Application In order for your application to be taken into consideration you must meet the requirements stated in the application form (please find the application form here)  Please send your application by the form below.Closing date for applications is 15 August 2009 at 12.00 noon. Applications received after the closing date for applications will not be considered! The University of Aarhus encourages all, irrespective of personal background, to apply. The University of Aarhus has 35,000 students, 8,500 members of staff and a turnover of DKK 4.8 billion in 2008. The university’s strategy and development contract are available at http://www.au.dk/en/strategy PhD position in Soil Attribute Mapping with Emphasis on the Use of Digital Terrain Data as Predictive Variables in Low Relief Landscapes. Applications are invited for a PhD position at the University of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (DJF), department of Agroecology and Environment, Soil Physics and Chemistry Group. The position is available for three years beginning as soon as possible. Research area and project description There is a need for accurate, updated soil information with full geographic coverage and fine spatial resolution. This need has been expressed by the modelling community, land users, and decision makers and regional authorities. This need coincides with an enormous advance in technologies that allow for accurate collection and processing of geo-data that have potentials for predicting soil  properties. The primary focus of the project will be the prediction of Soil Organic matter (SOC) using Digital Terrain Models and DTM derivatives. Strong correlations between SOC and topographic attributes have several times been reported in the literature, but this has not yet been reported for Denmark. Denmark is amongst the best mapped countries in the world:  „h  There has just recently been produced a national DTM based on airborne LIDAR technology. This DTM has a spatial resolution of 1.6 meter. „h  Furthermore the production of national orthophotos over Denmark is now fully digital and encompassing near-infrared signals besides the traditional signals from the visible spectrum.  The spatial resolution is around 10-15 cm. We suggest a project in which one or two representative areas are analysed with dense soil samples  that are positioned with high accuracy. The results are analyzed for correlations with topographic  parameters derived from the DEM and these results will then be used to produce a predictive soil  map of soil organic matter over Denmark. Data from The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) will also be tested in this project, linking this work to the “GlobalSoilMap.net” work.  Qualifications and specific competences Applicants to the PhD positions must have a relevant Master’s degree (or graduate in the very near future – documentation for final thesis and date of examination must be enclosed in the application) or equivalent. The applicant must have documented knowledge on physical geography, soil science and basic statistics. The applicant must be familiar with both vector and raster GIS beyond basic knowledge. Place of Employment and Place of Work  The place of employment is the University of Aarhus, and the place of work is the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele. Salary and Terms of Employment Salary and terms of employment are according to current agreement for state-employed academics and government circular from the Ministry of Finance regarding PhD students as well as the appointment structure of 2007 for scientific personnel at universities.