PhD Positions in Portable Mass Spectrometry for Food Toxin Detection Wageningen University and Research in Netherlands

Postdoc opportunity at Agroscope in Zurich, Switzerland, on microplastics quantification in fruits and vegetables . The project focuses on method development and initial application, including sample preparation workflows for isolating microplastics from fruit and vegetable matrices, transfer of the pipeline into a verified standard operating procedure, and development of risk-based and exposure-based monitoring strategies. The work involves quantification of microplastics, data analysis, evalua...

PhD opportunity in microbial ecology and food microbiology at the Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen . The Multispecies Systems Microbiology Group is recruiting a PhD student for the Novo Nordisk Foundation -funded project BIOBARRIER: Bacterial Communities to Reduce Plant Food Loss . The project investigates how bacterial communities can protect plant foods from spoilage and how microbial interactions can be harnessed to reduce food loss, with a particular focus on potato-assoc...

Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. This postdoctoral opening supports an NIH-funded research project on the impacts of brominated flame retardant exposure on placental thyroid hormone regulation . The work is embedded in the Project HOPE 1000 pregnancy cohort and involves collaboration with research staff and PhD students. The position is strongly research-intensive and combines environmental chemistry , analytical chemistry , environmental health...

PhD position in epialleles , heritable variation , and plant biology at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in the Netherlands . The project is titled “Exposing the contribution of epialleles to heritable variation in plants” and is hosted in an excellent training environment with support for experimental work and analysis. The position is offered at 0.8–1.0 fte, initially for 1 year, with the possibility of extension up to 4 years total based on satisfactory performance. S...

PhD Position: Nature-Inclusive Dairy Transitions and Biodiversity Recovery at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. This PhD is part of the transdisciplinary DECISION project, which brings together farmers, dairy companies, financial and service sectors, and local communities to accelerate a transition toward a resilient, nature-inclusive dairy future. The project focuses on biodiversity recovery , ecosystem services , agroecosystems, and the social-ecological transformation of da...