PhD Position; Bioavailability of organic micropollutants in cell-based bioassays (Leipzig)

Please apply electronically via https://recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/468/Description/2
Your duties:
•       You work in a project that improves the quantitative effect assessment in cell-based bioassays for application of these tools in water quality assessment
•       You apply a mass balance model for bioavailable and internal concentrations of chemicals in cell-based bioassays and parameterize the model for chemicals that are found in wastewater and surface water
•       To achieve this goal you determine partition ratios between cell culture medium and water and between cells and water based on a three-phase partition method with silicone
•       You develop methods to extract chemicals from exposure medium in microtiter plates using Disposable Pipette Extraction and Solid Phase Microextraction
•       You apply modern instrumental analytical methods to quantify the concentrations of chemicals in cell-based bioassays
•       You expand the methodology from single chemicals to defined mixtures to environmental samples
•       You present the obtained results at international conferences and publish the results in peer-reviewed scientific journals

Your profile:
•       Master degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Geo-Ecology, Ecotoxicology or Biology
•       Particular interest in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
•       Experience in Analytical Chemistry and/or Ecotoxicology
•       Interest in laboratory and computational work
•       High level of proficiency in English language
We offer:
•       Scientific training in a stimulating environment with local, national and international collaborations
•       The freedom you need to bridge the difficult gap between high-level basic research and application-oriented research & development
•       Work in an interdisciplinary, multinational team
•       Excellent links with national and international research networks
•       Excellent support and optimal subject-specific and general training with UFZ’s HIGRADE graduate school
•       PhD enrolment at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
•       Remuneration in accordance with the TVöD public-sector pay grade 13 (Full time, 50% remuneration, limited to 3 years)

Beate Escher
beate.escher@ufz.de
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Leipzig