Author Archives: WPChef2014

What are you working on? Part III: Team “Conservation Genetics”

In this new series of posts, research teams/groups of Landau’s Institute of Environmental Sciences introduce their Ecotoxicology-related research. This time: the group “Conservation Genetics”. Continue reading

A postgraduate from Landau in Stockholm Resilience Centre

In this post, we learn what Avit Kumar Bhowmik, a postgraduate from Landau, is working on after receiving his Ph.D. in Landau.

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PhD position at the University of Koblenz-Landau

The University of Koblenz-Landau is searching for a PhD student working on ecological and chemical water assessment.

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Science paper from Landau: How much salt is too much salt?

In this post, Ralf Schäfer and Oliver Frör report on their recent paper “Saving freshwater from salts: Ion-specific standards are needed to protect biodiversity”.

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Submit your manuscripts for a special issue in Frontiers in Environmental Sciences!

Landau’s Carsten Brühl and Johann Zaller of BOKU Vienna are editing a special issue in Frontiers in Environmental Sciences on Non-Target Effects of Pesticides on Organisms Inhabiting Agroecosystems. Continue reading

Rebecca’s new job at SETAC Europe

In this post, Rebecca Bundschuh, who is soon to finish her PhD in Landau, is talking about her new job at SETAC. Continue reading

New scholarships available!

The University of Koblenz-Landau just announced 20 new scholarships for beginners of our international master’s programs.  Continue reading

Nanoparticles in freshwater ecosystems

In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about their recently published paper “Effects of nanoparticles in fresh waters – risks, mechanisms and interactions”.

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A collaborative research mapped human health risks from exposure to trace metal contamination of freshwater resources in Pakistan

In this post, Avit Kumar Bhowmik talks about their recent paper “Mapping human health risks from exposure to trace metal contamination of drinking water sources in Pakistan”.

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PhD position at UFZ

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is offering a PHD position on using biofilms for water quality assessment. Continue reading