* Nº: 195 * Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in FAPESP Research Program on Global Climate Change project
* Working area: Modelling and Geo-technologies

FAPESP process: 08/58160-5 (página do projeto na Biblioteca Virtual FAPESP)
* Project title: Generation of Alcohol Production Scenarios as Support 
for the Formulation of Public Policies Applied to the Adaptation of the 
National Sugar and Alcohol Industry to Climate Changes
* Field of knowledge: Information Science
* Principal investigator: Jurandir Zullo Junior
* Unit/Instituition: Cepagri/Unicamp
* Publishing date: 17/3/2011

Summary:

      The Thematic Project "Generation of Alcohol Production Scenarios 
as Support for the Formulation of Public Policies Applied to the 
Adaptation of the National Sugar and Alcohol Industry to Climate 
Changes(www.cpa.unicamp.br/sugarcane_fapesp)" , supported by the FAPESP 
Research Program on Global Climate Change - RPGCC ", has a postdoctoral 
position available for a period of 24 months, at the Center for 
Meteorological and Climate Researches Applied to Agriculture (Cepagri), 
State University of Campinas.

      The selected researcher will be responsible for the combination 
of data and information available in several formats, patterns, scales 
and technical characteristics (such as climatic, agricultural, 
demographic, public policy, land use, genetic engineering, food security 
and science and technology policy), in order to develop scenarios of 
climate change impacts. These scenarios will be used as support for the 
formulation of public policies to adapt the national industry of sugar 
and alcohol industry to climate changes. This will be a strategic 
activity of the Project, since it will be the link between the different 
knowledge areas involved in the Project.

      The candidate should have experience in modeling (mathematical 
and environmental) and geo-technologies (mainly remote sensing and 
geo-referenced information systems), and be able to multi and 
interdisciplinary work, as this will be needed for the development of 
its activities. It should also be fluent for making oral presentations 
and write scientific articles in English.

      Applications should include: a) A cover letter with a brief 
description of the motivation for the Project; b) A copy of the 
Curriculum Vitae and c) Two letters of recommendation.

      These documents should be sent in PDF format to the Project 
Coordinator Dr.Jurandir Zullo Junior (jurandir@cpa.unicamp.br) with copy 
to jzullojr@gmail.com by April/04/2011. Further information is available 
at www.cpa.unicamp.br/sugarcane_fapesp.

      Selection will be carried out in April 2011 and the work will 
begin in May 2011. Candidates must be available for a personal interview 
in April 2011 if necessary.

      The stipend is R$ 5,028.90 according the data available on 
http://www.fapesp.br/en/materia/5427/scholarships/post-doctorate-fellowship.htm.

Fonte: professora Margareth Penello