Dear colleagues,
The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), under an agreement with
the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is offering PhD scholarships
to 200 people from all over the world, including 60 from developed
countries. All details are available from the link given below.
Application deadline for the next fall semester (starting in
September 2016) is March 2016.
If you have an interest in agricultural and environmental
monitoring, water and energy resources, remote sensing, GIS,
agrometeorology, crop modelling, climate change or food security
(including economic aspects), we would be pleased to hear from you.
We can help you with the preparation of a proposal to join the
Digital Agriculture Division of Prof Wu Bingfang at CAS in Beijing.
CAS is a modern, sophisticated and friendly working environment!
We focus on several themes:
1. Global crop monitoring and forecasting (CropWatch). We publish
regular global crop condition bulletins (http://www.cropwatch.com.cn/)
and have an interest in food security, crop modelling, ground and
satellite-based monitoring indicators, regional crop forecasting,
GIS, data dissemination and other related subjects;
2. Climate change impacts, adaptation and related issues (such as
biomass and water resources assessment and mapping), especially in
Africa
3. Land cover mapping and vegetation monitoring at regional scale.
We completed the China National Land Cover Database (ChinaCover for
1990, 2000 and 2010) with 30m resolution and 38 classes with an
overall accuracy of about 85% (ChinaCover2010). The 2000-2010 time
series include fractional vegetation cover, LAI, FPAR, NPP,
phenology and forest above-ground biomass estimation using airborne
LiDAR and scaling models;
4. Evapotranspiration management and monitoring (ETWatch), including
Basin-wide ET Management based on basin-scale water consumption
balance, allowable water consumption, identification of water
consumption tradeoffs, competition and feedback among different
water sectors.
If you are tempted by one of the broad subjects listed above, kindly
send an email to our administrative assistant Ms Shuyi Xue ([log in to unmask])
with your CV and indicate your technical field and preferences.
Additional detail on the application procedure is given here: http://twas.org/opportunity/cas-twas-presidents-phd-fellowship-programme
Kind regards
R.
René Gommes
Visiting Professor
http://www.cropwatch.com.cn/
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)