PhD Opportunities in Ecology in Netherlands

Wageningen University & Research is seeking a PhD candidate to investigate how forest carbon uptake is changing worldwide under climate change and disturbance. The project examines the global carbon sink in forests and its role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The researcher will combine atmospheric carbon dioxide observations, Earth Observation products, and numerical models to quantify forest carbon balances across continents and time scales ranging from days to decades. The wor...

Radboud University in the Netherlands is offering a PhD position in movement ecology within the Department of Ecology and the Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences. The project investigates how climate-driven changes in freshwater availability affect the year-round movements of greater white-fronted geese. The research will combine long-term GPS tracking data from more than 200 geese, remotely sensed environmental datasets and statistical modelling. Key topics include snow ...

Fully funded PhD position in plant–microbe ecology at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Netherlands, in the Departments of Terrestrial Ecology and Microbial Ecology, in collaboration with the University of San Francisco de Quito. The project focuses on the biogeography of plant-associated fungi on the Galápagos Islands , with research themes including fungal diversity, plant–fungal interactions, mycology, and ecosystem ecology. This is a strong fit for candidates interested in mi...

PhD opportunity in biogeography, mycology, microbial ecology, and plant-microbe interactions at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in Wageningen, the Netherlands, with collaboration through the Galapagos Microbiome Initiative at the University of San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). The project will investigate the hidden diversity and biogeographic patterns of fungi associated with Scalesia species in the Galápagos Islands, including arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) , yeasts, and fung...

Reopening of a PhD position at NIOO-KNAW in the Microbial Ecology and Terrestrial Ecology departments for a project on the biogeography of plant-associated fungi on the Galápagos islands . The project asks how fungal diversity, functions, and biogeography vary across plant species , islands , and the mainland , and whether these fungi contribute to plant establishment and resilience. The research will focus on yeasts , arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi , and fungal pathogens associated with the endem...

PhD position at Radboud University in the Department of Ecology / Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences (RIBES) on biodiversity monitoring for nature-inclusive dairy farming . The project focuses on developing integrated biodiversity monitoring and data analysis techniques to support decision-making in the dairy sector, with an emphasis on biodiversity recovery, ecosystem services, and nature-inclusive farming. Research topics include breeding birds, bats, insect communitie...

Wageningen University & Research is advertising a fully funded PhD position on forensic tracing of tropical timber in the Netherlands. The project addresses the illegal timber trade and develops scientific tools to verify timber origin using wood chemistry , mass spectrometry , geostatistical modelling , and forest-related data analysis . The work is embedded in the Forest Ecology and Forest Management group and the Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing , within the Timtrace t...

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for the research project Entangled with Seaweed , focused on ethnographic research into the politics of valuing seaweed and the impacts of blue economy strategies in Scotland . The project sits in the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University and is part of a broader collaboration with the University of Edinburgh , the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) , and Stellenbosch University . The research...

TU Delft is advertising a PhD position in Natural Building Skins for Heat Resilience within the Nature 4 Homes project. The research sits at the intersection of architecture , building physics , civil engineering , materials science , environmental science , ecology, and user-centered design. The project aims to develop and demonstrate nature-based façade and building-envelope solutions that can retrofit existing homes into healthier, cooler, and more sustainable living environments. The PhD can...