PhD in Integrated Water-Energy-Food Nexus Modelling for Circular Controlled Environment Agriculture Wageningen University & Research in Netherlands

Wageningen University & Research is advertising a PhD position in Modelling Crop Growth and Resource Use within the chair group Horticulture and Product Physiology . The project focuses on greenhouse crop modelling , plant physiology , resource-use efficiency , and controlled environment agriculture , with applications to innovative systems such as single-truss tomato , vertical farms , and semi-closed greenhouses . The PhD candidate will develop mechanistic crop models to predict plant growth, ...

PhD position at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, focused on learning and control for complex large-scale systems with applications in greenhouses and controlled environment agriculture. The project is part of GreenControl , a consortium involving TU Delft, Wageningen University, University of Twente, TU Eindhoven, and industrial partners. The research aims to move from average climate control to crop-centric control using microclimate sensing, c...

Postdoctoral Research Associate opportunity at Iowa State University in crop systems modeling and data analytics . The position is focused on using the APSIM model to study how breeding , agronomic management , and environmental conditions interact to shape cropping system performance in the US Corn Belt . This is a research-oriented postdoctoral opening, suitable for candidates with interests in Agriculture , Environmental Science , Biology , Statistics , and Computer Science . The announcer is...

Wageningen University & Research is recruiting a Postdoc in computational (meta)genomic analysis focused on ancient environmental DNA, plant-microbiome interactions, biosynthetic gene clusters, and functional gene discovery. The project sits within the European AEGIS consortium and combines ancient DNA, plant science, microbiome research, computational biology, and crop improvement. You will work in the Bioinformatics chair group and in the team of Marnix Medema , developing and applying computa...

PhD opportunity at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands focused on microbial ecology , nitrogen cycling , systems microbiology , bioinformatics , computational biology , and environmental biotechnology . The project explores how microbial communities drive the nitrogen cycle and how this knowledge can support climate resilience and sustainable environmental solutions. It is a strong fit for candidates interested in data-driven microbial research and the interface of biolo...