Por cortesía del doctor José Luis Pantoja Ph.D., Investigador Prometeo que colabora con la Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENESCYT) y la Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas (ESPE), en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Agricultura – IASA-, les ofrecemos esta oferta de Beca para estudiar un doctorado en Agronomía en Iowa State University.
Ph.D. Assistantship in Agronomy
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Agronomy
Ames, Iowa, USA
One Ph.D. student is sought to work on the measurement and modeling of legume nitrogen (N) fixation at Iowa State University (http://www.iastate.edu/), in the Department of Agronomy (http://www.agron.iastate.edu/). The student will be expected to lead isotopic and other measurements of biological N fixation in the field/greenhouse and use these measurements to test and improve simulations of biological nitrogen fixation in APSIM, the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator model.
The student will become part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists working on this project, which includes agronomists, climatologists, postgraduate students, and a post‐doc (already in place).
Application requirements (in English language):
. Resume or C.V.
. Letter of intent with research interests.
. Official transcripts.
. GRE scores.
. TOEFL scores for international students.
. Three (3) letters of recommendation with contact information.
Deadline
Position is open until filled, and the selected candidate must begin by the spring of 2015.
Contact information:
Interested applicants must contact:
Sotiris Archontoulis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Iowa State University
Department of Agronomy
Office: 1216 AGRON
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-7413
E-mail: sarchont@iastate.edu
Web-site: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tfFSPygAAAAJ&hl=en
Mike Castellano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Iowa State University
Department of Agronomy
Office: 12104L AGRON
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-3963
E-mail: castelmj@iastate.edu
Web-site: http://castellanolab.weebly.com/
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