Researcher: soil, rock, plant and climate interactions – Piracicaba/SP

SP | São Paulo
Efetivo (CLT)
Bioquímico
Engenheiro Agrícola
Engenheiro Agrônomo
Geógrafo
Geólogo
Tecnólogo em Agroecologia

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Your experiments will contribute to effectively monitoring the impact of ERW on the soils mineralogy, biota. Your key goal will be to co-create a robust and reliable methodology to measure carbon removal through enhanced rock weathering in tropical soils. You will also be responsible to iteratively improve our experiments for world-class simulation, monitoring and verification of ERW. You will be a key player in our world-class science team and cooperate with global leaders of various universities and research initiatives. To fulfil this role you’ll bring a combination of top-notch science expertise, precision, focus, hands-on mentality, positive energy and the ability to drive things forward.

The most ideal candidate has experience with 1. biology/microbiology of tropical soils, 2. agronomic experiments, 3. rock powder/mineralogy and 4. statistics/data handling. However, if you do not have experience with all the above, but you are confident you have the right motivation, attitude and transferable skills, please still hit apply!

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• You generate, analyse and interpret data about soils, rocks, crops and climate
• You compare, present and discuss data internally with our (science) team as well as with leading researchers globally
• You have experience with ensuring data quality and working with larger datasets
• You deep dive into every detail related to the science of ERW in tropical agriculture
• You co-create new experiments to drive qualitative and quantitative data collection to validate carbon removal through ERW
• You are skilled with setting up new experiments and manage them from start to end
• You are experienced with field work and know how to do professional sampling
  You are passionate about solving Climate Change and Carbon Removal
• You are independent, confident, hands-on, a go-getter, full of energy and possess an exceptional drive
• You are a fast learner and want to steadily improve your professional and personal skill set
• You can break down complex problems and present them in a clear and concise way
• You have a PhD or minimum a master’s degree in Soil Science, Agronomy, Earth Science, Biogeochemistry or related field
• You have basic knowledge of geology, weathering processes in tropical soils
• You are fluent in Portuguese
• English is required to a level to present and discuss research and activities with an international team (advanced)
• You are based in Piracicaba (SP) or happy to relocate