Category Archives: Masters program

AMEO at RESIST – Tithi Paul (2025)

Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Tithi Paul shares her AMEO experience working on the ExStream project within the RESIST research group at Roßbach, Biebergemünd.

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AMEO at UFZ, Leipzig – Sarumi Oluwafemi (2025)

Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Sarumi Oluwafemi shares his AMEO experience at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, working with the Department of Ecotoxicology (Systems-Ecotoxicology Working Group).

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Master’s in Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) 2025 Cohort

This week, we welcome the 2025 cohort of the Master’s program in Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau (Landau campus). Starting in October, 35 highly motivated students will begin their studies on how environmental stressors affect ecosystems and how these risks can be effectively managed. This marks a record number of students admitted to the program.

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AMEO at the School of Life Sciences – Ramona Blattner (2025)

Colony PCR and gel electrophoresis of isolated bacteria

Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Ramona Blattner shares her AMEO experience at the School of Life Sciences (HLS) at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) in Muttenz, Switzerland.

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AMEO at RIFCON – Adetola Adebowale (2025)

Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Adetola Adebowale tells us about his AMEO experience in the Invertebrate and Residue Field Studies department at RIFCON GmbH in Hirschberg.

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AMEO at BASF – Krishna Venugopalan Variyer (2025)

Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Krishna Venugopalan Variyer tells us about her AMEO experience in the Aquatic Department at the BASF Agricultural Center in Limburgerhof.

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From Agricultural Landscapes to Aquatic Ecosystems: Field Insights from the ETX1 Excursion

Master’s Student Tithi Paul walks us through the ETX1 Excursion that students take part in during the first semester. This excursion offers an interdisciplinary exploration of pesticide exposure, biodiversity conservation, and freshwater ecology through direct interaction with stakeholders and ecosystems.

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Master’s in Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) 2024 Cohort

The students of the 2024 cohort

Today we welcome the 2024 cohort of the Master’s in Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) here in Landau. Starting this October, twenty-two students will study how environmental stressors impact ecosystems, and how these risks can be mitigated.

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AMEO experience – Administration de la gestion de l’eau (AGE), Luxembourg – Loris Di Scipio(2023)

In this blogpost, Loris Di Scipio shares his internship experience at Administration de la gestion de l’eau (AGE) in Luxembourg. Students of the Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) Program complete an 8-week internship each year, the so-called “AMEO”. The AMEO is performed either at an external university, governmental or industrial research institute  where students learn to apply the competences achieved during their study. Students also use this opportunity to not only travel and explore Germany, but also other countries!

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