Assistant or Associate Professor Multiscale Flow and Transport Modelling Tenure Track

The Soil Physics and Land Management group , which is part of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University & Research, is keen to hire an Assistant (or Associate) Professor (0.8-1.0 fte, tenure track). The group focuses on transport processes of water, sediment and solutes over and through the terrestrial system, in particularly in relation to land use and management practices as they affects crops, vegetation, soils, and water systems. Transport of water, sediment and solutes link to overarching global environmental and societal issues, like water availability, water quality, food production, soil degradation and desertification, and ecosystem functioning. We contribute to these environmental and societal challenges by specifically focusing on the interplay between land management and soil-water interactions from a multiscale perspective.

As Assistant (or Associate) Professor, you are expected to establish an internationally leading research team on development of advanced computer simulation models using numerical and GIS-based approaches, integrating complex flow and transport processes at different spatial and temporal scales. Model application and scenario analysis in the context of externally funded projects and PhD research work will be a substantial task. Your modeling work should help people understand the numerous interactions between climate, land use and water resources, and support managers and policymakers to attain more sustainable land use.

The selected candidate will contribute to the chair group's teaching programme in soil physics, hydrology and land management at all academic levels (BSc, MSc, PhD), including its further development, and should be able to demonstrate potential to attract research funding at the national and international level, including PhD students. In addition, the new staff member will play a leading role with regard to modelling activities within the chair group, primarily focusing on flow and transport processes of water, solutes and sediment in the soil-water-plant environment. Ideally, the background of the new colleague fits or complements the group's current expertise, covering amongst others the domains of soil physics, agrohydrology, ecohydrology, groundwater, soil chemistry, soil erosion and/or sustainable land management.