The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences. We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association. Our mission: Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.
The jobIn the UFZ Research Unit Chemicals in the Environment (TB CITE), scientists aim to unravel the composition of organic micropollutant mixtures in the environment and to identify risk drivers affecting the health of humans and ecosystems. To this end, we combine non-targeted chemical analysis based on gas and liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry, bioassays and sophisticated data processing methods. As part of a large and interdisciplinary European Partnership on Chemical Risk Assessment (PARC), we aim at a better understanding of the contribution of individual sources to the micropollutant mixture in aquatic systems. In this context, we are currently offering a PhD position dedicated to the following topic: Identifying source-specific contaminant fingerprints in waste and surface water from high resolution mass spectrometry data
Your tasksWe are looking for a candidate working at the intersection of environmental analytical chemistry and data science, ideally fulfilling the following criteria: