[Sextonlabpastmembers] Fwd: Postdoc in sustainable water-energy-food nexus and agrivoltaics at UC Davis

[Jason Sexton]

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From: Teamrat Ghezzehei <taghezzehei at ucmerced.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 2:49 PM
Subject: Fwd: Postdoc in sustainable water-energy-food nexus and
agrivoltaics at UC Davis
To: ES Graduate Students <esgradstudents at ucmerced.edu>, ES Core Faculty <
ES-Core-Faculty at ucmerced.edu>


A postdoc opportunity in Food-Energy-Water at UC Davis with Prof. Majdi
Abou Najm: Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Nexus Postdoctoral Scholar
(JPF04773) - AP Recruit (ucdavis.edu) <https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF04773>

Teamrat

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*Teamrat A. Ghezzehei*

*Professor*
Life and Environmental Sciences Dept.
University of California, Merced
http://soilphysics.ucmerced.edu


sent from a mobile device;
excuse brevity and typos.



Dear Colleagues,



I hope all is well at your ends.



I would really appreciate your help by sharing this unique 2-year
postdoctoral opportunity with your students and colleagues.



Please find attached my postdoc opening. Those interested will have to
apply, with deadline on March 28.



Here is a link: Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Nexus Postdoctoral Scholar
(JPF04773) - AP Recruit (ucdavis.edu) <https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF04773>



And here is also a summary description on the position is below:



Projections show that by 2050, we will need 60% more food and 40% more
water to satisfy the demands of our growing population, all this in
addition to 50% more energy thus adding significant stress at the nexus
between water, energy and food. Agrivoltaics is a promising technology that
can provide more food and energy with less water and land, thus maximizing
the land and water efficiencies and leading to a healthier nexus. This is
however crop and climate dependent, and achieving the real potential of
agrivoltaics requires deeper understanding of plants response to different
light spectra, thus allowing us to optimize the solar spectrum between food
and energy production in the same land. Thus, we are recognizing the
importance of understanding plant response to different light spectra under
different climatic conditions is fundamental for the advancement of
revolutionary agricultural concepts needed for sustainable food systems. We
seek a postdoctoral scholar to lead our agrivoltaics initiative with focus
on greenhouse trials and modeling initiative. As a postdoctoral scholar,
you will work under the supervision and mentorship of Professor Majdi Abou
Najm on a series of greenhouse experiments of different crops under
different lighting and environmental conditions common in California to
develop a database of crop response, yield and water use efficiencies. You
will also work on building the foundation of a global agrivoltaics network
following models like the nutnet.org and to utilize the database to expand
and validate a modeling framework that Prof. Abou Najm is working on. In
addition to greenhouse experiments and modeling, the scope of work may
include limited but focused field experiments, particularly following the
activities of year 1. This position is based in Davis, but with potential
regular visits to Kearney and other experimental sites in CA. It is
expected that you will work closely with Prof. Abou Najm on writing
publications, extension documents, and proposals. You will also be expected
to work with a highly diverse and collaborative set of researchers and
stakeholders on the project. Your primary duties will involve field and
laboratory research, data analysis, writing of scientific publications, and
field site coordination. You will be expected to use R, ArcGIS, and various
software programs as needed. Publications, scientific talks, and workshops
are expected products of your research and outreach activities.



With my best regards,

Majdi




-- 
Jason (Jay) Sexton
(he/him/his)
Associate Professor
Chair, UCM Senate Committee on Research
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of California, Merced
231 Science and Engineering Building 1
jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu
http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu/
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