<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Dear Remote Sensig Club,</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Below is a job advertisment. I removed the pdf attached to it as our mailing list has often issues with attachments. You can find it here: </div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/q7orkto54fe2zyi/UNIMIB_Post-doc_Position.pdf?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/s/q7orkto54fe2zyi/UNIMIB_Post-doc_Position.pdf?dl=0</a> </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">regards,</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Matti</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">-------------------------------------------<br>
Matti Mõttus<br>
Principal Scientist<br>
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland<br>
+358 40 849 3037 // PO Box 1000, Tekniikantie 1, Espoo<br>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Micol Rossini <<a href="mailto:micol.rossini@unimib.it" target="_blank">micol.rossini@unimib.it</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 19, 2022 15:55<br>
<b>To:</b> Micol Rossini <<a href="mailto:micol.rossini@unimib.it" target="_blank">micol.rossini@unimib.it</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Post doc Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Vegetation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues, </span>
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<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I would like to advertise a nice post-doc
<span>position</span> at the remote sensing laboratory, University of Milano Bicocca (Milano, Italy) on the topic “Hyperspectral remote sensing for forest trait retrievals and biodiversity estimation”.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I kindly ask if you can distribute to your group and potentially interested candidates.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you in advance,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All the best,<br>
Micol Rossini</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt">Post-Doc position in hyperspectral remote sensing for forest trait retrievals and biodiversity estimation at the University of Milano-Bicocca,
 Milano, Italy</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Job description</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight:normal">A Post-Doc position under the supervision of Prof. Micol Rossini is available at the remote sensing of environmental dynamics lab, Department
 of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca.</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight:normal">The position is related to the Project "Development and test of algorithm for vegetation functional parameter retrieval from PRISMA in agro-forestry"
 funded by the Italian Space Agency.</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Subject description</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">The objective of this position is to capitalise on newly available Earth Observation data sources offering complementary spatial resolutions, wide spectral ranges and revisit
 capabilities to advance the capability to monitor biodiversity changes from space.
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">In particular, the main aim of the project is to develop a PRISMA data processing chain for the generation of Earth Observation products related to plant functional traits from
 PRISMA reflectance data and the exploitation of plant trait maps to generate products related to functional diversity.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Important tasks are to:</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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develop algorithms for the retrieval of plant traits (e.g. leaf and canopy pigment content, leaf and canopy water content, leaf and canopy nitrogen content, leaf area index) from PRISMA reflectance data through machine learning algorithms and radiative transfer
 models;<u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span>create plant trait maps and validate them in forest ecosystems;<u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span><span lang="EN-GB">apply multivariate and machine learning methods to estimate functional diversity based on a combination of leaf and canopy traits;</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">
</span>investigate possible integration with other earth observation (EO) products;<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span>evaluate the value of the products generated by PRISMA data in the context of forest biodiversity monitoring<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Work duties</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">The work is carried out together with a team of remote sensing expertise within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and in close collaboration with remote sensing
 researchers within the project belonging to the following institutions:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">•</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">     
</span><span lang="EN-GB">CNR-IREA, Council of National research, Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (Dr. Mirco Boschetti)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">•</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">     
</span><span lang="EN-GB">CNR-IMAA, Council of National research, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (Dr. Stefano Pignatti)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">•</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">     
</span><span lang="EN-GB">University of Tuscia, Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (Prof. Raffaele Casa)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">•</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt">     
</span><span lang="EN-GB">ITC-NRS, Faculty of Geo-Information Sciences and earth Observation, Department of natural Resources (Prof. Darvishzadeh Varchehi Roshanack)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Applicants must have</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">- Basic university education in technical or natural science with a large component of geomatics (GIS, remote sensing)
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">- PhD with specialization in optical remote sensing of vegetation</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">- Good experience in computer programming</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">- Experience in data analysis (time series analysis, statistics, numerical analysis, etc.)
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">- Very good oral and written proficiency in English (C1 level- Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - CEFRL)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">- Experience within applications towards plant science / ecology / biodiversity</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Additional assessment criteria:</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">- Publications in international conference and peer-reviewed journals</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">- Other documented communication skills</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">- Documented previous work, courses or summer schools in remote sensing field
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Consideration will also be given to good collaborative skills, drive, and how the applicant’s experience and skills complement and strengthen ongoing research within the group.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">This is a full time position (40 hours/week) available for one year, from July 2022 to June 2023 (extendable). The salary is within a range of 25-30000 EUR per year, according
 to experience and skills, corresponding to approximately 1500-1700 EUR monthly net income.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Interested candidates are encouraged to send inquiries and applications (CV, letter of motivation and the contact of two references) to Prof. Micol Rossini (</span><a href="mailto:micol.rossini@unimib.it" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">micol.rossini@unimib.it</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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