Ph.D. Fellowship
- Brno, Jihomoravský
- Trvalý pracovní poměr
- Částečný úvazek
Type of programme: , non-academic position
Working Hours: 0,5 FTE (part-time employment of 20 hours per week)
Expected Start Date: negotiable with respect to immigration timelines for non EU candidates
Number of Open Positions: 1
Pay:
Application Deadline: 30.09.2025
: R1About the Workplaceis modern, dynamic and the most attractive university in the Czech Republic with ten faculties, more than 7 000 staff and 33 000 students, a wide range of research areas and a strong international position. We are the largest academic employer in the South Moravian Region.MU, a holder of the by the European Commission, is a research-oriented faculty, offering university education (Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degree programs) closely linked to both primary and applied research and high school teaching of the following sciences: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth sciences. We are the most productive scientific unit of the Masaryk University generating around 40 % of MU research results.focuses on interdisciplinary research and education in the area of Environment & Health, studying toxic compounds and their behavior, transport & bioaccumulation to evaluate environmental effects, assess the exposure and health risks to humans, and develop technologies and biotechnologies to break them down.Job DescriptionWe are searching for a highly motivated, pro-active, creative, and independent young scientist for the research topic “Modelling the impacts of soil pollution on soil ecosystem services”. The topic is focused on ecosystem services, soil ecotoxicology, soil contamination, and ecological risk assessment. The work will be focused on metals, pesticides, microplastics, PFAS, and nutrients.Key Goals:
- collection of known pollution-biota interactions (reviewing, organization and harmonization into a database, parametrization for future mathematical modeling) for given groups of pollutants
- identification of the following dependencies: impact on soil biota --
soil ecosystem services distortion (inventory of relationships from literature, organization into conceptual models) * quantification and parametrization of the dependencies to mathematical models and providing inputs to programming (cooperation with R programmer)
- modelling impact on soil ecosystem services in various real use cases and different scenarios. (several SOILPROM case studies in different countries focusing on different pollutants)
- Interdisciplinary scientific topics
- Supervision by experienced mentors and excellent scientists and tailored study plan
- Excellent and state-of-the-art research infrastructure
- International mobility and internships
- International and friendly environment
- Courses developing transferable skills
- MSc in one or more of the following disciplines: ecology, ecotoxicology, environmental sciences, soil science, or closely related
- previous sufficient experience/education in the following areas: ecosystem services, risk assessment, ecological/environmental data analysis and modelling, soil biology
- An interesting job in a dynamically-expanding university area
- Flexible working hours and occasional home office to support personal needs in family and career compatibility
- Employee benefits such as 6 weeks of paid vacation per year, pension insurance contribution/long-term investment product/nursery/children´s group allowance, a financial meal allowance, Multisport card, psychological counselling, vaccinations free of charge, discounted language courses, exclusive mobile tariff offer by Vodafone)
- Opportunity to work and live in a
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