PhD position - Mathematical modelling of the soil-root-mycorrhiza system
Our DFG project “Texture Dependency of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza
Induced Plant Drought Tolerance (TeAM-uP)” partner in FZ Jülich is searching for a PhD student:
The TeAM-uP project will investigate the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
on soil and rhizosphere hydraulic properties and its consequences for host plant water
and nutrient uptake as well as carbon flows under drought conditions.
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Current projects
Third party funding:
- Texture Dependency of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza-induced Plant Drought Tolerance Site: Germany; Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Grant: 221,318 € (2023-2026)
- Assessing the potential of regenerative agriculture to support soil health and carbon sequestration; Site: USA; Funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Grant: 1,004,522 $ (2022-2025)
- Emerging effects of root hairs on plant scale soil water relations (2nd phase); Site: Germany (As part of priority program SPP2089: Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organisation – a key to rhizosphere function); Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Grant: 452,684 € (2022-2025)
- More crop per drop for sub-Saharan Africa: Key rhizosphere traits to overcome multiple resource limitation; Site: Germany, Kenya, Ethiopia and India. Funded by Robert Bosch Foundation; Grant: 998,992 € (2017-2022)
- Emerging effects of root hairs and mucilage on plant scale soil water relations (1st phase); Site: Germany (As part of priority program SPP2089: Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organisation – a key to rhizosphere function); Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG); Grant: 485,269 € (2018-2022)
- Root hydraulics: towards answering the recent global questions on root functionality and possible use in crop improvement programs; Site: Germany and India (in collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); Funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)