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. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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