PREpare Overseas
Dec 14, 2023
Application Deadline: 12/01/2024
The role will take day-to-day responsibility of a project that will investigate the impact of a new mineral fertiliser on the resilience/susceptibility of soils to aggregate breakdown and erosion risk. This will be achieved through undertaking a series of laboratory and field-based experiments investigating soil aggregate breakdown at a sub-process level. This will entail manual labour.
The project will also investigate the impact of mineral fertiliser addition on the resultant degree of structural sealing (and upon de-hydration, crusting), infiltration rates and runoff generation. It is envisaged that the outcomes of the laboratory trials will feed into field trials undertaken at selected agronomic trials sites globally to quantify the impact of mineral fertiliser addition on runoff and soil erosion at a field scale. You will collate, analyse and interpret the results and present the findings in high quality technical reports and academic papers.
Cranfield’s excellence in Water, Energy and Environment is recognised internationally. Industrial-scale facilities underpin our research and development in applied environmental science. The School is focused across the themes of Energy and Power, Water, and Environment and Agrifood, where the post will be located. The School is leading the University’s response to the green economy agenda in the areas of clean growth, climate adaptation and infrastructure renewal.
How to apply
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact, Rob Simmons Reader in Sustainable Soil Management on (E): r.w.simmons@cranfield.ac.uk
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: hrrecruitment@cranfield.ac.uk. Please quote reference number 4685.
Interviews to be held: In is envisaged that interviews will be held in early February 2024.
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