Postdoc in Soil Ecotoxicology: Fate and Effects of Contaminants in Soil Ecosystems Aarhus University in Denmark

MSc opportunity at the University of Guelph in the School of Environmental Sciences (SES), located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada . This thesis-based MSc project focuses on microplastics in agricultural soils , with particular attention to how microplastics enter soils through municipal composts and biosolids . The research aims to develop and validate innovative methods for detecting and characterizing microplastics by combining simultaneous thermal analysis (STA–FTIR) and FTIR microscopy . A key g...

PhD opportunity for UK students at the University of York in a project on reducing chemical pollution through future farming systems . The advertised project is titled “Understanding consumers’ responses to underutilized crops and implications for the environment” and is associated with Eleanor Jew . This is a research-focused doctoral opening spanning environmental science , agriculture , and chemistry , with additional relevance to crop systems, consumer responses, and sustainability in farmin...

PhD opportunity at the University of Sheffield in the ECOSOLUTIONS Doctoral Focal Award, focused on black carbon in upland and agricultural landscapes and its consequences for food production , soil health , and climate change mitigation . This interdisciplinary project examines how legacy chemical pollution and modern agricultural management interact in a rural post-industrial landscape in the Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire . The research will combine field surveying , soil sampling , laborator...

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) is recruiting a Contract Researcher in the Climate Change Mitigation Research Area of the Agricultural and Environmental Research Division in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. The role supports the GI Fund High-Performance Bio-Dan Project and focuses on on-site demonstrations at 50 locations nationwide. Main duties include preparing contract documents, coordinating implementation areas, providing on-site support, and analyzing data. The work also...

PhD fellowship at the University of Copenhagen in sustainable cropping systems , with a project on faba bean/cereal intercropping , belowground interactions , nitrogen dynamics , and biological nitrogen fixation . The position is hosted by the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences in the Belowground Crop Ecology research group, led by Associate Professor Dorte Bodin Dresbøll . The group works on resilient and sustainable cropping systems, root development and function, nutrient acquisit...