Chemisch Analist

Wil je werken met geavanceerde analytische technieken aan actuele milieuvraagstukken? Ben jij een ervaren analist met een passie voor chemische analyse? Wil je bijdragen aan baanbrekend onderzoek naar milieuverontreiniging en samenwerken met een deskundig onderzoeksteam?

Wij zoeken een gedreven chemisch analist die graag werkt met High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS), LC-MS en GC-MS om bodem, water en organismen te analyseren op gewasbeschermingsmiddelen, PFAS, farmaceutica en onbekende verontreinigingen (Non-Target Analysis).

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Als chemisch analist bij het Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) lab ben je verantwoordelijk voor het uitvoeren én verbeteren van chemische analyses binnen diverse onderzoeksprojecten. Je werkt nauw samen met onderzoekers en vertaalt onderzoeksvragen naar passende analytische strategieën.

Je krijgt ruimte om zelfstandig te werken en actief bij te dragen aan het optimaliseren en valideren van analysemethoden.. Jouw taken zijn onder andere:

• Voorbereiden van monsters (waaronder complexe extracties) en het uitvoeren van analyses met HRMS, LC-MS en GC-MS;
• Ontwikkelen, optimaliseren en valideren van analysemethoden;
• Interpreteren en rapporteren van analyseresultaten;
• Meedenken met onderzoekers over de beste analytische aanpak;
• Bewaken van kwaliteits- en veiligheidsregels;

Elke dag brengt nieuwe uitdagingen en kansen om het verschil te maken!

Jouw team
Je wordt onderdeel van team Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) van Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR), bestaande uit ongeveer 35 hooggekwalificeerde collega's. De groep heeft zijn eigen experimentele proefstation “de Sinderhoeve” en laboratoria waar diverse analyses worden gedaan gerelateerd aan het werk van de onderzoeksgroep.

Postdoc: Visualising Social and Environmental Disruptions

Postdoc: Visualizing and Mapping Social and Environmental Disruptions in Forest and Coastal Communities.
The Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP) and Cultural Geography Group (GEO) at Wageningen University are seeking an engaged postdoc researcher who is passionate about critical landscape research on human-nature relationships. Specifically, this researcher would conduct an intersectional geospatial analysis on environmental disruption due to flood, wind and drought to better understand impacts on both the landscape and local communities after climate change triggered natural disturbances.

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher who is

1. experienced with GIS methods and their critical application in research;
2. wants to connect them with social science perspectives and theories and;
3. is interested in engaging in a dynamic interdisciplinary and intersectional frameworks in at least two unique landscapes.

Thus, we are looking for candidates skilled in interdisciplinary research using GIS as a platform for a broader analysis of climate change induced disturbances (such as floods, wind or drought events) on both landscapes (with a specific focus on forested landscapes) and related interdependent communities.

The postdoctoral position is shared between FNP and GEO, and the prospective candidate will have the opportunity to participate in academic activities of both chair groups. In addition, there are ample opportunities for training, workshop participation, mentorship, and other enriching activities available throughout the greater WUR community. The focus of the postdoc is to contribute to an existing project exploring disrupted landscapes due to climate-related disturbances through own field research, with an aim toward generating maps and publications. Data for the generated maps will focus on changes over time in landscape, highlight environmental disruption, disturbance, system uncertainties, and combine this environmental data with the lived and felt realities for dependent and often marginalized communities before and after such disruptions gained through ethnographic and engaged multimedia methods. The two existing project sites are in Poland and the United States, but exact locations and details are open to suggestions from prospective candidates. The emphasis for ideal project sites is on, but not limited to, forested landscapes.

The project will combine both quantitative and qualitative methods to identify relevant intersections in geospatial data, both existing and new, for analysis. The postdoctoral researcher, supported by supervisors, will conduct interviews and collect multi-media (sound and visual) data in place to represent the realities of the dependent communities. The collected data can be used to build own maps and contribute to a published ESRI StoryMap. The changes over time may be used to understand possible future conditions for disrupted landscapes and dependent societies, as well as provide recommendations for policy makers, and to identify gaps for further research beyond our selected sites.

English language is mandatory for this position. A second language, possibly linked with a second project site suggestion, is preferred.

The duration of the position is 2 years (24 months).

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• Selecting two project sites/case studies for the research (together with supervisors)
• Designing and leading interdisciplinary research on disturbed landscapes
• Preparing two research publications
• Preparing related intersectional maps and/or StoryMaps for the two project sites
• Actively participating in academic activities of two chair groups

Your team
You will work with two supervisors: Jennifer Veilleux, Cultural Geography Group (GEO) and Agata Konczal, Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP). Three of you will constitute a project team. You will be administered by FNP and will take an active part in the life and activities of both GEO and FNP groups. Your main working place will be on site at Wageningen University, within the Department of Environmental Sciences in Wageningen, The Netherlands.

You will work here
The Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group is embedded in the Department of Environmental Sciences of Wageningen University, which provides fundamental research and academic education on our living environment. The chair group focuses on the political, socio-cultural and economic dimensions of forests and nature. The FNP research program includes four interrelated themes: 1. Forest and nature policy and governance, 2. Value chains and markets for ecosystem goods and services, 3. Interconnections between Humans and Nature. FNP is a member of the Wageningen School of Social Sciences (WASS) and of the Wageningen Sustainability Governance Hub.

The Cultural Geography (GEO) chair group is committed to social theory in all its spatial articulations. The group advances creative, critical-constructive scholarship through exploring the ecological and social challenges facing all life on earth. Researching space, place and culture, engaging with current, historic and future dynamics of societies globally, the group pays special attention to questions of inequality, exclusion, mobility, plurality along with deploying critical tourism studies to all aspects of social and environmental sciences, unravelling relational complexities in wilderness to urban settings. Thereby the group translates knowledge into practical action in four closely related fields of application. These are: mobilities and migration, tourism, climate change, and nature and landscape – we just updated these conceptually recently, but do not see this reflected on our website and not sure if I can change the language or not. (health & care, tourism, nature and landscape.)

This position is part of the Academic Career Framework (ACF) at Wageningen University & Research.

Chemical Analyst

Would you like to work with advanced analytical techniques on current environmental challenges? Are you an experienced analyst with a passion for chemical analysis? Do you want to contribute to groundbreaking research on environmental contamination and collaborate with a highly skilled research team? Are you proficient in both Dutch and English?

We are looking for a driven Chemical Analyst who enjoys working with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS), LC-MS and GC-MS to analyse soil, water and organisms for plant protection products, PFAS, pharmaceuticals and unknown contaminants (Non-Target Analysis).

Does this sound like your next challenge? Then read on!

Your Role
As a Chemical Analyst at the Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) laboratory, you are responsible for carrying out and improving chemical analyses within a variety of research projects. You work closely with researchers and translate research questions into appropriate analytical strategies.

You will have the opportunity to work independently and actively contribute to the optimisation and validation of analytical methods.

Your tasks include:

• Preparing samples (including complex extraction procedures) and performing analyses using HRMS, LC-MS and GC-MS;
• Developing, optimising and validating analytical methods;
• Interpreting and reporting analytical results;
• Collaborating with researchers to determine the most suitable analytical approach;
• Ensuring compliance with quality and safety regulations.

Every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make a real impact!

Your Team
You will become part of the Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) team at Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR), consisting of approximately 35 highly qualified colleagues.
The group has its own experimental field station, “De Sinderhoeve”, and laboratories where a wide range of analyses are conducted in support of the research programme.

Senior Experimental Researcher in Environmental Chemistry

Do you want to be part of a challenging research environment and work on solutions for a biodiverse and sustainable environment? Are you an enthusiastic experimental scientist with a background in environmental chemistry, analytical chemistry, or ecotoxicology? Are you a highly motivated researcher with an interest in acquiring funding and developing new research lines in environmental risk assessment, focusing on predicting the fate, behavior, and effects of organic contaminants in the environment?Are you operating with close links to chemical analytics? Then we are looking for you!

As a senior experimental researcher within the Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) team at Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR), you will participate in and lead multidisciplinary applied scientific research projects. You will serve as a crucial pillar of our chemical research capabilities, spearheading advanced analytical methodologies to help address rising societal and regulatory demands.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• Acting as project lead for a number of projects and taking the role of researcher in others, with a variety of clients including government agencies, NGOs, and industries.
• Providing chemical expertise and acting as a scientific counterpart for project leaders within the team to design proper experimental methods and protocols.
• Taking up a supervision and coordination role for our laboratory and PhDs in our team in close collaboration with current colleagues.
• Developing and implementing state-of-the-art analytical workflows, specifically utilizing High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) and Non-Target Analysis (NTA) to identify and track unknown or emerging contaminants such as PFAS and pharmaceuticals.
• Acquiring research projects and further developing the field from a market-oriented perspective aiming for high societal and regulatory impact.
• Building and maintaining an (inter)national network with stakeholders, research partners, and regulatory bodies such as ECHA.
• Closely collaborating with colleagues across varying areas of expertise, including analytical chemistry, ecology, and ecological and fate modeling.
• Publishing the results of research in scientific journals and presenting them at international conferences.

Onderzoeker Fysiologie Vis

Wil jij met vernieuwend fysiologisch en neurofysiologisch onderzoek bijdragen aan duurzame aquacultuur en visserij?

In deze rol werk je aan onderzoek dat direct impact heeft op het welzijn van gehouden en gevangen vissen en schaaldieren én op duurzame voeding binnen de aquacultuur. Je zet jouw expertise in op het gebied van fysiologie en neurofysiologie, waarbij je onder andere werkt met EEG-metingen en fysiologische metingen om het welzijn en de voeding van deze dieren beter te begrijpen.

Je werkt in internationale projectteams samen met universiteiten, onderzoeksinstellingen en bedrijven van over de hele wereld. Daarbij voer je ook experimenten en onderzoek uit in het buitenland en bouw je actief aan een internationaal netwerk binnen de aquacultuur- en visserijsector. Door de samenwerking met professionals uit verschillende landen en disciplines maak je kennis met uiteenlopende werkwijzen en culturen. Die internationale dynamiek verrijkt niet alleen het onderzoek, maar draagt ook sterk bij aan jouw ontwikkeling als professional en onderzoeker.

Jouw taken en verantwoordelijkheden als onderzoeker zijn:

• Ontwikkeling van onderzoeksvoorstellen en projectplannen in samenwerking met stakeholders;
• Opzetten en uitvoeren van experimenten, verzamelen en analyseren van gegevens, formuleren van conclusies en aanbevelingen;
• Aansturen van een projectteam en begeleiden van de praktische uitvoering van het project;
• Schrijven van wetenschappelijke rapporten en artikelen;
• Resultaten presenteren aan opdrachtgevers en andere belanghebbenden en/of op (inter)nationale conferenties.

Jouw team
Je komt terecht in het team Dierenwelzijn en Gezondheid, één van de vijf onderzoeksafdelingen van Wageningen Livestock Research. Samen met zo’n 45 bevlogen projectleiders, onderzoekers, onderzoeksassistenten en promovendi werk je aan innovatieve oplossingen voor de veehouderij van de toekomst.

Je werkt primair binnen het team Dierenwelzijn en Gezondheid, maar bent daarnaast ook betrokken bij het team Diervoeding. De samenwerking tussen deze teams speelt een belangrijke rol in deze functie. Voeding, gezondheid en welzijn zijn immers nauw met elkaar verbonden. Daarom zetten we actief in op het versterken van de verbinding tussen beide teams, zodat kennis, expertise en innovatieve onderzoeksbenaderingen elkaar optimaal aanvullen.

Onze expertise ligt op het gebied van dierenwelzijn, diergedrag, diergezondheid en resilience. Daarbij staat één doel centraal: bijdragen aan een duurzame, dierwaardige én economisch rendabele aquacultuur en veehouderij. We combineren diepgaande vakkennis met innovatieve technieken zoals sensortechnologie, big data-analyse, AI en microbiomics. Veel projecten hebben een multidisciplinair karakter, waardoor je intensief samenwerkt met collega’s uit verschillende vakgebieden en impact maakt op actuele maatschappelijke vraagstukken.