4 year PhD position: DSS in Forest Management
Applications are invited for a doctoral fellowship (PhD) in the working group of Dr Verena Griess, Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
We are looking for a high achieving student whose research will be guided by the question: “How to aid forest management decision makers in a field of increasing complexity?”
Applying and validating optimization and decision support software in forest management as well as developing new superior optimization algorithms or approaches to get to a flexible integrated data management strategy will be part of the research of the successful candidate. The successful candidate will work on a selection of real world problems, aiming at a high level of applicability.
We offer the successful candidate a full 4 year scholarship to pursue excellent research at UBC, one of the top research universities globally, working with an international group of young researchers in one of the most modern labs within the faculty, where we give bold thinking a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.
The university is located in Vancouver, which is considered to be one of the most desirable places in the world to live in and a beautiful city that provides an incredible background for your research. Applicants should hold a post-graduate degree (Master’s) from a related field (natural resources management, forest management, forest economics and others). A first class standing in each of their last 2 years of study is required to be considered (GPA 85% or above).
To apply, email your CV, copies of transcripts from all post-secondary institutions you have attended in the past, a cover letter addressing your fit for this position as well as your career/research interests, plus contact information for three references in a single PDF file to verena.griess@ubc.ca
Please send your applications to us by Thursday, February 25th 2016.
Short-listed candidates will be interviewed via Skype and then invited to provide full documentation for an application.
The expected starting date for this position is September 1st, 2016 but an alternative date may be arranged.
Find out more about the fellowship offered: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/four-year-doctoral-fellowship-4yf
