Author Archives: WPChef2014

Junior Professorship in Landau

The University of Koblenz-Landau offers a Junior professorship in Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology with tenure-track option. Continue reading

2 open positions @ Norwegian Institute for Water Research

The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) is seeking to employ a Senior Research Scientist, with expertise within in ecotoxicology and risk assessment, and a Research Scientist, with previous practical experience of working in an ecotoxicology laboratory.

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Summer Academy 2016 – a review

Two weeks ago the “International Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment – Using an Open Community Approach” ended. In this post, Matthias Wieczorek, the main organiser of this event, wants to share some of his experiences and insights.

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Sessions (co-)organised by Landau researchers @ SETAC AM in Brussels

In this post, we want to draw your attention to two sessions we are organising for the next SETAC Europe Annual Meeting.

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Does the ecotoxicity of nanoparticles depend on the NOM quality of surface waters?

In this post, Frank Seitz reports about their recent paper “Quantity and quality of natural organic matter influence the ecotoxicity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles”. Continue reading

Bavarian TV @ our field station (Geilweilerhof)

Carsten Brühl about the visit by Bavarian TV at the labs at Geilweilerhof this summer.

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Silver nanoparticles in freshwaters – how can they be measured?

In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about their recently published paper “Monitoring the Fate and Transformation of Silver Nanoparticles in Natural Waters”. Continue reading

Bee species differ in their pesticide tolerance

In this post, Philipp Uhl and colleagues talk about their recently published paper “Interspecific sensitivity of bees towards dimethoate and implications for environmental risk assessment”.

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Online Course: Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment

For the first time, the University of Koblenz-Landau offers the unique opportunity for partcipation in an online course about Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment at no costs.

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Post-doc position @ Indiana University

Indiana University is looking for a post-doctoral research associate.   Continue reading