Author Archives: Danisa Lione

Position as Research Assistant in FG-Medicines at UBA

The UBA (Federal Environment Agency) is accepting applications for the position of a Research Assistant in its specialist area – ‘Medicines’.

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Exploring Environmental Frontiers: Highlights from the 12th SETAC YES Meeting 2023 (Part 1)

The 12th YES Meeting, organized by SETAC Europe’s Student Advisory Council, brought together emerging environmental scientists at RPTU (Campus Landau), Germany, to delve into the theme “Science Through Crises.” The first installment of this multipart blog series centers on the pivotal informative sessions conducted throughout the week-long YES Meeting 2023.

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2 open positions in Freshwater Ecology at NIVA

NIVA is looking for applicants to fill up 2 positions related to freshwater ecology. Read further to know more about the positions!

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Position as a Water Quality Modeller at the European Commission

The Joint Research Centre (JRC), which provides independent, evidence-based knowledge and science, supporting EU policies to positively impact society is looking for a water quality modeller.

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2 PhD positions in Evolutionary Stress Ecology & Ecotoxicology at KU Leuven

The Evolutionary Stress Ecology & Ecotoxicology group at KU Leuven is inviting applications for 2 PhD positions  to study the evolution of tolerance to global change stressors. Both the positions commence on 1st December, 2023.

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REMINDER: Apply for the PhD fellowship in Geophysics at University of Strasbourg!

The Earth & Environment Institute (ITES) at University of Strasbourg (France) is inviting applications for a PhD – fellowship in the field of geophysics. The topic of the research project is ‘Pesticide Transport and Transformation from Soil to Groundwater using Stable Isotopes’. The positions starts in January 2024.

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Bio-QSARs: the inclusion of physiological trait information in machine learning QSARs allows predictions across species

In this blogpost, Jochen Zubrod talks about developing an innovative machine learning approach for ecotoxicity predictions. These cutting-edge models show impressive predictive power for acute pesticide toxicity in freshwater organisms, holding promise for applications in environmental risk assessment and pesticide research and development.

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PhD position in Ecological Modelling at Eawag

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The Department of Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling (Siam) located in Dübendorf (Zurich) is offering a PhD position in the field of ecological modelling. The position is planned to start in January 2024.

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Does global warming lead to taxonomical and functional reorganization of insect communities in European rivers?

In this blogpost, Dr. Alessandro Manfrin, postdoc of the DFG RTG SystemLink,  talks about his recent study published “Taxonomic and functional reorganization in Central European stream macroinvertebrate communities over 25 years”. Here they observed that because of increasing temperatures, species that favour cold waters are progressively replaced by those that favour warm temperatures leading to functional alterations of the community.

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Position as Research Assistant at University of Kassel

The Department of Aquatic Ecology in Landscape Planning at University of Kassel is accepting applications for the position of a research assistant with the possibility of a doctorate. 

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