Master theses: Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters

 

In the framework of the European joint project „Fluxes and Fate of Microplastics in Northern European Waters“ (JPI-O FACTS) we will create new knowledge and improve our mechanistic understanding on the sources, transport, occurrence, and fate of small microplastics in northern marine waters. FACTS will combine state-of-the-art analytical, monitoring and modelling approaches in feedback cycles to describe transport and geographical sources of microplastics contamination as well as sinks from the temperate waters of the southern North Sea to the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea. FACTS is structured around a set of sampling campaigns reaching from the German Bight to Svalbard. Plastic particle concentrations, obtained from the proposed sampling campaigns are implemented into oceanographic models.


Where: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Division "Biosciences", Section Shelf Seas Systems Ecology on Helgoland


Tasks
In the herein poposed Master theses, samples from the water surface, the water column and from sediments will be analyzed, taken in the framework of the FACTS expedition in June 2021 from the North Sea to the Arctic. Samples will be extracted & purified and finally analyzed by FTIR- or Raman-microscopy.


Requirements
We are looking for Master students in chemisty or environmental sciences.

Further Information
The place of employment will be Helgoland.

Start: Early spring 2022

You are interested?
Then please send us your application with Cover letter and CV (with all documents merged into one PDF file) by e-mail to: Dr. Gunnar Gerdts (Gunnar.Gerdts@awi.de) or Dr. Sebastian Primpke (sebastian.primpke@awi.de)


For further information please contact Dr. Gunnar Gerdts (Gunnar.Gerdts@awi.de), +49(4725)819-3245).

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