Organisation/Company Universidad de Lleida Department Oficina de Suport a la RDI Research Field Agricultural sciences » Agronomics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 20 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Role profile: We are seeking a graduate or MSc with strong background in Agricultural, Soil and/or Environmental Sciences and robust interest in modelling to develop his/her PhD in the framework of the DoubleCrop project.

Duties and responsibilities: The PhD student will be in charge of (i) developing on-farm field experiments based on sequential double cropping systems integrating soybean or fertigation with micro-filtered pig slurry, (ii) measuring reactive N gas losses as nitrate leaching, nitrous oxide emission and ammonia volatilization and, (ii) leading the parametrization and evaluation of the STICS model for double cropping systems.

Terms: 4 years PhD contract at Universitat de Lleida (UdL) (Lleida, Spain) and salary according to Spanish laws.



Candidate must apply to UdL’s predoctoral grants call.

About the lab: We work on the interface between agronomy, soil sciences and environmental sciences. For further info, please see: https://danielplazabonilla.eu/

About UdL and Lleida: The Universitat de Lleida (UdL) offers a high quality teaching with an old academic tradition of 700 years. It has been ranked among the top three universities in Spain to study Agronomic Engineering. The UdL is a small university, enabling human contact among the different members of the community. Lleida has a high quality of urban living, safe and pleasant. The city is surrounded by the Horta de Lleida a highly diverse agricultural area (19,000 ha) with predominance of orchards. Lleida province offers a great range of outdoor activities.

- Master´s Degree or equivalent (at least 300 ECTS).
- Knowledge on field crops agronomy, soil sciences and/or process-based modelling.
- Strong background in data collection and statistical analysis for life sciences.
- Driving license.
- High command of English.
- Strong communication and scientific writing skills.
- Expertise on Mediterranean cropping systems will be highly welcomed.

📌 PhD contract in Agronomy and modelling (España)
🏢 Universidad de Lleida
📍 España