The Syngenta product safety team is currently seeking an aquatic risk modelling PostDoc for their Basel office, Switzerland.
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PhD position in effects of multiple stressors at ZFMK
The Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZMFK) is hiring a PhD to investigate multiple stressor effects on the functioning of flowing aquatic ecosystems.
Continue readingResearch position at the mesocosm facility at UBA
The German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) offers a research position to investigate the effects and fate of substances using its mesocosm facility in Berlin.
Continue readingA perfect mix of science, management & policy at the International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species
In this post, Verena Sesin shares her visit at the International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS) in Montreal from October 27-31, 2019, a forum for new and emerging issues related to invasive species in aquatic environments.
Continue readingWhat’s driving insecticide pollution in agricultural surface waters?
In this post, Jakob Wolfram talks about his most recent paper “Insecticide Risks in United States Surface Waters: Drivers and Spatiotemporal Modeling”. This publication analyzed the drivers of insecticide nonpoint source pollution and used a modelling approach to identify regions in the U.S. where surface waters may be at risk.
Continue readingMaster thesis opportunity in marine mammal ecotoxicology in Norway
Akvaplan-niva in Norway is looking for a master student to investigate levels of contaminant mixtures in humpback and killer whales along the coast of Northern-Norway.
Continue readingSenior PostDoc position in Ecological Modelling at UFZ
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Magdeburg is hiring a senior PostDoc with tenure track option, for exploratory data analyses and modelling of ecological processes in running waters.
Continue readingSystemLink – a new large multidisciplinary and multiyear project on aquatic-terrestrial interfaces and anthropogenic stress
The champagne glasses have not yet been cleaned and the headaches are slowly about to vanish as we realise that we managed to get funding for a new large project starting in October 2019 in Landau!
Continue readingVisiting Argentina – the land of beef and mate tea
Alexander Feckler shares his experience during his visit at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP) and the Universidad de Córdoba (UCO) in Argentina, as part of an internationalization project of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
Continue readingAfter over 20 years of commercial use of GM crops, the impact on aquatic environments is insufficiently investigated
In this post, Antonia Pott talks about their recently published paper “Impact of genetically modified organisms on aquatic environments: Review of available data for the risk assessment”.
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