Prerequisites are excellent knowledge of English, preferably previous overseas experience and very good organisational skills. The University of Hannover encourages particularly women to apply for this position. Handicapped persons will be preferred when equally qualified.
Duty station is Bangkok, Thailand.
Deadline for applications 30.04.2001. In addition, new techniques for biological control of thrips, focussing on parasitoids, predatory epigaeic mites, as well as entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi should be developed. Preliminary experiments will be carried out under controlled conditions in Hannover. However, most of the research activities will take place in the new greenhouse complex at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. The results of this project will contribute to the development of a strategy for sustainable and environmentally friendly vegetable production system in the tropics.