PhD Candidates: Environmental Science, Hydrology, Socioeconomics, Toxicology or Ecology of Pollutants
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The aim of ’The Power of Size’ is to obtain relationships for the emission, fate and effects of pollutants as a function of size. We intend to derive overarching scaling principles applicable to multiple disciplines, including hydrology, socioeconomics, toxicology and ecology. To this end, you will collect data from databases, reviews, articles, and reports. Subsequently, you will derive and compare statistical and mechanistic relationships. As a lead author, you will publish the outcome in scientific journals and present the main findings at conferences in international settings.
We have six positions available for a total of six Tasks subdivided into three Work Packages. We aim to appoint three postdoctoral researchers (PD, 3 years) and three PhD candidates (PhD, 4 years). At first instance, Tasks 1.1, 2.1 and 3.1 have been assigned to PD positions and Tasks 1.2, 2.2 and 3.2 to PhD positions. However, we are flexible. If you have expertise in 1.1, 2.1 or 3.1, you can apply for a PhD position on that task as well, and likewise if you have expertise in 1.2, 2.2 or 3.2 for a PD position.
Work package 1: Emission and fate in basins and cities
Task 1.1 Transport of water in catchments and materials in cities (including buildings, vehicles, etc.).
Task 1.2 Transport of pollutants from cities to air and water/wastewater (including case studies).
Supervisors: Prof. Jan Hendriks, Prof. Birka Wicke, Dr Steef Hanssen.
Work package 2: Accumulation in vertebrates
Task 2.1 Transport of blood and oxygen between organs (covering different tissues, organs, etc.).
Task 2.2 Transformation of pollutants by enzymes and individuals (including in vitro/in vivo extrapolation and case studies).
Supervisors: Prof. Jan Hendriks, Prof. Ad Ragas, Dr Fiona Wang.
Work package 3: Effects on communities
Task 3.1 Transport and transformation of biomass in communities (including size spectra, diversity, productivity, etc.).
Task 3.2 Transport and effects of pollutants across trophic levels (including size spectra, diversity, productivity, and case studies).
Supervisors: Prof. Jan Hendriks, Dr. Wilco Verberk, Dr Aafke Schipper.
All PDs and PhDs also contribute to work package 4, aimed at cross-disciplinary integration of the scaling relationships obtained.
Your efforts will benefit both fundamental research and regulatory applications. On the one hand, you will contribute to a better understanding of the, intriguingly, dominant role played by size in the functioning of systems. On the other, the relationships you obtain will facilitate urgent assessment of risks of 1000+ substances for 1000+ species (incl. humans) at 1000+ sites.
A summary of the project is available here, and pilot studies illustrating the approach in monodisciplinary settings can be found here.
As a PhD Candidate you will attend courses offered by the Graduate School of the Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Science, improving your research and assessment skills. You will also supervise students and assist in courses at the BSc/MSc level, which may take up to (but usually less than) 10% of your working time.
For the Postdoctoral Researcher position on this project please see this website.
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