12 PhD Position in Environmental Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany (2017)

In a framework of 10 Integrated Projects (IPs) scientists address key environmental challenges following a solution-oriented approach. In order to strengthen its interdisciplinary work, UFZ is currently offering
12 PhD positions

dedicated to the following subjects:
- Modelling grassland dynamics: the role of species traits, soil and climate
- Smart sensor and data technologies to test mechanisms of plant community response to global change
- Impact of land use on multifunctional agro-ecosystems
- Assessing socio-spatial impacts on health of children in urban areas
- Biomethanation of renewable hydrogen (power-to-gas) by reactor microbiomes
- Using ecotoxicology to develop design criteria for nature based wastewater treatment technologies
- Development of a coupled foodweb model for a mechanistic multiple stressor assessment in riverine ecosystems
- Diagnosis of disrupted genetic variability by genotoxicants and pesticides in multiple stressed aquatic ecosystems
- Using travel time distributions to link water quantity and quality at catchment scale
- Modeling microbial degradation in soil
- Toxicokinetic modeling of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in humans
- Reduced Complexity Models for Subsurface Flow: a numerical approach towards goal orientated model development (Virtual Aquifer)

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