Innovative technologies for ecologically sustainable nutrient management in agriculture, with t[...]

Organisation/Company: Università degli Studi di Torino

Research Field: Agricultural sciences

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Leading Researcher (R4), First Stage Researcher (R1), Established Researcher (R3)

Country: Italy

Application Deadline: 27 Jan 2025 - 13:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract: To be defined

Job Status: Not Applicable

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

While mineral fertilisers, though effective in promoting crop growth, contribute to soil degradation, water and air pollution, biofertilisers appear to offer important benefits such as improved soil health, reduced environmental impact and enhanced nutrient cycling.
The aim of the research is to find new technologies for separating nutrients from waste biomass. In particular, the aim is to evaluate the parameters that facilitate the precipitation of a phosphorus and nitrogen salt, struvite, from the by-product of the anaerobic digestion of various biomasses. The second objective is to evaluate the performance of struvite as a fertiliser in a soil-plant system, determining the nutrient use efficiency of plants and the mitigation of environmental impact.

Eligibility of fellows

Country/ies of residence: All

Nationality/ies: All

Selection Process

By qualifications and interview (in Turin, Italy). Dates and venues of the interviews are published, by the date of the deadline, on the official notice board of the website of the University of Turin ( https://webapps.unito.it/albo_ateneo/ ). The application must be presented by online procedure at - for informations: assegniricerca@unito.it