The Institute of Digital Agriculture invites applications for the three key academic leadership positions and five more researchers in the areas of "3S" technology and applications in agriculture

The Institute of Digital Agriculture invites applications for the three key academic leadership positions and five more researchers in the areas of “3S” technology and applications in agriculture. The successful candidates will join and lead core interdisciplinary research groups in the areas of digital agriculture. The Institute of Digital Agriculture at Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences was created two years ago to meet the demands for “3S” technology applications in agriculture. Currently the Institute has 22 scientists in six integrated research groups: “Agricultural GIS and Resource Management”, “Remote Sensing Applications in Agriculture”, “Crop modeling”, “Agriculture Intelligence and Sensors”, “Internet Services”, and “Bioinformatics and biostatistics”. The three key positions comprise in the following areas:

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   Remote sensing applications in agriculture. Develop a research program on remote sensing applications in agriculture and lead the group to use remote sensing and GIS for data collection and analyses together with the information collected using traditional field experiments. In addition, broaden research topics and explore potential opportunities in utilizing the technology for agriculture.
   
   
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   Crop modeling. Develop an active crop simulation and modeling research program and lead to develop rice crop 3D model. Be familiar with previous commercially available crop modeling software a plus. Expect to expand the research to include other crop models.
   

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   Bioinformatics. Develop and lead a research program on bioinformatics and collaborate with scientists from other institutions within the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Perform higher level analysis and data mining and integrations of the existing data generated from other research groups to extract useful information for applications.
   

Successful candidates will be appointed as the leader in the chosen discipline and will be expected to lead the group in research development. The Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences has favorable hiring policies on salary and benefits for these successful candidates. Details are upon inquiry.