Post-Doctoral Fellow in Modeling and Crop Yield Prediction in Africa

About the role

The AgroBioSciences program (AgBS) of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is looking for a post-doctoral fellow to develop models that estimate and predict the yields of targeted crops in Africa. The fellowship focuses on agronomy, modeling and biostatistics.

Key responsibilities

• Collect data on crop production in Africa, work with the project team and turn the data into review publications.
• Develop and run simulation models to predict yields from secondary data sources and on-farm trials.
• Conduct spatial analysis to predict yield at different scales.
• Supervise master and doctoral students.
• Publish results in high-impact journals.

Required profile

• Ph.D. in agronomy, modeling, biostatistics or a related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of geospatial analysis, machine learning and predictive modelling.
• Good command of programming tools such as R packages, Python and other languages.
• Publications in the field.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong motivation and interest in scientific work.

Applications must include a cover letter stating the position and main research interests, a detailed CV, a brief research statement and contact details of two references.