PhD in the field of ANALYTICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
| Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is a Swiss-based and internationally networked aquatic research institute within the ETH domain (Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology). |
It is committed to the ecologically, economically and socially responsible management of water resources and aquatic ecosystems.
Within the EU project EDA-EMERGE the Department of Environmental Chemistry seeks a
PhD in the field of ANALYTICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
EDA-EMERGE aims at training a new generation of young scientists in the interdisciplinary techniques required to meet the major challenges in the monitoring, assessment and management of toxic pollution in European river basins considering the enormous complexity of contamination, effects and cause-effect relationships. By integrating innovative mode-of-action based biodiagnostic tools with powerful fractionation and cutting edge analytical and computational structure elucidation tools, a new generation of effect directed analysis approaches will be developed for the identification of toxicants in European surface and drinking waters.
The specific topic of the PhD project in the Department Environmental Chemistry at Eawag is the development of a feasible procedure to monitor persistent polar toxic organic compounds or by-products formed during treatment processes such as drinking water production or wastewater treatment. An intelligent difference analysis for comparing high-resolution mass spectrometric data will be developed using existing algorithms applied in metabolomics and proteomics studies as well as statistical approaches. Important products will be identified by interpretation of the accurate mass and chromatographic information, use of appropriate databases as well as meta-data and will be characterized with regard to toxicity in collaboration with the partner institutes. The developed procedure is intended to be applied together with partners at several field sites such as wastewater treatment plants or riverbank filtration sites.
If you are excited about advancing knowledge in linking cutting edge analysis with statistics and joining an interdisciplinary research team and participating in EDA-EMERGE, you are invited to apply. Your background should be in environmental or analytical chemistry with knowledge and interest in statistics and informatics. Excellent communication skills in English and skills in team work are essential. We offer a stimulating research environment in a lively and social institute in Dübendorf near Zürich, Switzerland. Salary will be in accordance with Marie Curie rules of the European Commission. Besides a full employment contract, including social security, the candidate will receive mobility allowances. Note the mobility restrictions outlined by the EC: Researchers can be of any nationality but at the time of recruitment by the host organization, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host organization for more than 12months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date. Applicants must also be in the first four years (date of MSc certificate or equivalent) of their research careers.
Applications should include a brief statement describing your motivation to apply, curriculum vitae, copies of your academic qualifications and the names (with e-mail addresses) of two potential referees.
Please submit your application by January 31st 2012. For further information, consult www.eawag.ch or contact Prof. Dr. Juliane Hollender, juliane.hollender@eawag.ch.
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