Category Archives: Spotlight on Students in Ecotox

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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AMEO at Fraunhofer IME – Vivien McGuire and Janna Schulte (2025)

Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Vivien McGuire and Janna Schulte tell us about their AMEO experience at Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Schmallenberg.

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SETAC 13th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting

The SETAC 13th Young Environmental Scientists (YES) meeting took place from the 11th to the 14th of August in York, United Kingdom. Katharina Wifling and I, Verónica Rodriguez, attended the conference to present our research. Katharina presented a poster based on her RPC, while I presented a poster on my master’s thesis.

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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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Winter Mingling 2024

Shivang Malik, Tithi Paul, and Krishna Venugopalan Variyer at the Winter Mingling

On the 12th of December 2024, the Winter Mingling took place, as every year, organized by the International Office & Welcome Center at RPTU Campus Landau, to welcome the new international students and celebrate the start of the winter semester. Janna, a student, tells us about it.

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