Published: 09 Oct 2025 17 views
Join the new EU-funded FutureForests international doctoral network and undertake an interdisciplinary PhD project with the Plant Ecophysiology group at the TUM School of Life Sciences FutureForests aims to train next generation scientists in assessing the impacts of global change on European forests, using a unique network of European flagship field forest facilities.The studentship is based within the Ecophysiology of Plants group at the Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions professorship at the TUM.
The position aims to understand the impact of recurrent droughts on the carbon allocation by trees to the rhizosphere and related processes, as well as its effect on soil microbial diversity. The experimental forest site is a throughfall exclusion study in Southern Germany which has undergone long-term drought treatments since 2014 (KROOF: https://www.lss.ls.tum.de/en/lsai/kroof/). You will use this unique experimental setup, in which drought-naïve trees are subjected to recurrent drought summers for the first time, to make comparisons with legacy trees that have experienced drought treatments before.
The position is suitable for disabled persons. Disabled applicants will be given preference in case of generally equivalent suitability, aptitude and professional performance.
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