WLAN Netwerk Engineer

Ben jij als Netwerk engineer enthousiast over connectiviteit en WLAN in een hoog innovatieve omgeving? Wil je bijdragen aan duurzame groene oplossingen met hoogwaardige technische oplossingen?

Onze IT-afdeling is in 2024 verkozen tot beste ICT-werkgever voor non-ICT

We zoeken een enthousiaste teamspeler met passie voor techniek en liefde voor het hands-on werken met netwerk infrastructuur. Het team Netwerk Services binnen de WUR verzorgt de connectiviteit op de Campus in Wageningen, Lelystad en alle overige lokaties van de WUR door het land inclusief nieuwbouw, labomgevingen en buitenlokaties.

Je hebt een ruime interesse in nieuwe ontwikkelingen op ICT infrastructuur-gebied en specifiek WLAN. Je primaire focus zal liggen op onderhoud, aanleg en vernieuwing van het WLAN.

Je bent een gedreven netwerkbeheerder die met zijn team werkt aan een state-of-the-art Wlan en een beweging naar WIFI first in gebouwen van de WUR.

Je hebt een belangrijke taak binnen de dagelijkse operatie van het Wifi team, je lost problemen op, voert changes door, komt met voorstellen voor innovaties en levert bijdragen in multidisciplinaire infra projecten.

Wat ga je doen?

• Je beheert en voert regelmatig onderhoud, firmware-upgrades en configuratiewijzigingen uit op Wi-Fi infrastructuur, Cisco SDA.
• Je analyseert en lost (Wi-Fi) gerelateerde incidenten en tickets op, en denkt proactief mee over structurele verbeteringen
• Je werkt mee aan netwerk-onderhoud en aanleg op alle WUR lokaties en bent een groot deel van de week aanwezig op lokaties
• Je bent zelfstandig in staat om een site survey uit te voeren, interpreteren en rapportages te maken.
• Je helpt waar nodig mee met onderliggende infrastructuur (border en edge switches) die ervoor zorgen dat het wireless daarboven op goed kan draaien.
• Je versterkt het teamoverstijgend werk met andere technische teams en versterkt daarmee de hele infra keten

PhD position: A genome-wide, multi-level approach to identify the key factors driving plant regeneration

Are you interested in understanding how plant cells reproduce asexually? We have a PhD position on the topic of somatic embryogenesis. Will you join us?

What are you going to do?
You will dissect the genetic variation that underlies a type of clonal plant regeneration called somatic embryogenesis. You will characterize a large population of Arabidopsis thaliana (arabidopsis) ecotypes for their ability to undergo somatic embryogenesis, and then use genome-wide association (GWAS) mapping, transcriptomics and proteomics to identify the quantitative trait loci (QTL) that are significantly associated with the somatic embryogenesis. These approaches will allow us to identify a set of candidate genes that regulate somatic embryogenesis who’s function will be further confirmed by functional analyses.

Your research involves:

• Using different types of microscopy to describe the development progression of somatic embryogenesis in different ecotypes;
• Mapping QTL, eQTL (RNA-seq) and pQTL (mass-spectrometry) to identify loci that control somatic embryo induction and development.
• Using molecular-genetic and genome editing techniques to overexpress and knock-out candidate somatic embryogenesis activator and repressor genes.

You will also be expected to assist in teaching BSc and MSc lab courses for a total of 10 weeks over the course of the PhD period.

Your team
You will join the Plant Regeneration Group that is part of the Laboratory for Biochemistry, Wageningen University. Our group of PhD candidates and post-docs investigates the molecular-genetic pathways that drive plant regeneration through embryogenesis, including in planta systems (maternal haploid induction, egg cell parthenogenesis) and in vitro systems (somatic embryogenesis, microspore embryogenesis). We have a strong interest in transcriptional regulation of these developmental processes.

You will work here
The Plant Regeneration group is part of the Laboratory of Biochemistry. Cellular biochemistry is the central theme in our laboratory in which we combine molecular genetics, proteomics, bioinformatics and spectroscopy approaches. We apply this integrated approach to elucidate the function of key proteins in a variety of biological processes. The research in Biochemistry is organised into seven research themes: Redox Cell Surface Signaling, Protein Structure and Function, Plant Development, Biomolecular Imaging, Plant Regeneration, Protein Folding and Stability, and Green Mechanobiology.

Postdoc socio-environmental data integration for spatiotemporal analyses of complex land systems

Are you motivated by the critical yet complex challenge of developing a spatiotemporal data integration framework to support human action-taking in complex land systems? If yes, this postdoc position at Wageningen University is just right for you!

The Geo-information Science team within the Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing is an interdisciplinary research group focused on integrated approaches to geospatial systems analysis. Our work applies a complex adaptive systems approach that explicitly emphasizes behavioural models of human action-taking and decision-making. Relying on geo-information science as the foundation of our research endeavours, we employ participatory methods and integrate qualitative and quantitative information to analyse the dynamic interactions within complex land systems. The resulting knowledge informs the development of conceptual and simulation models to help further our understanding of land use and land cover changes in space and time. Our research centres on integrating local perspectives with regional and global contexts to gain a deeper understanding of human-environment interactions.
Understanding and shaping land systems is a challenging undertaking. Land systems emerge from complex interactions among human behaviour, environmental processes, and socio-economic drivers, all of which vary across spatial and temporal dimensions. Bringing together diverse data, information, and knowledge—collected from survey data, narrative accounts, and participatory insights to sensor measurements and high-resolution geospatial data—is an essential prerequisite for studying these complex interactions. Varying disciplinary perspectives, data formats, and spatiotemporal resolutions create significant challenges for data integration.

While Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) provide policies, standards, and technologies to host, manage, share, and regulate the use of geospatial data, they typically do not consider the integration of behavioural or human-centred data. These data necessitate stricter regulation for privacy protection, particularly when combined with location information or other sensitive data that could lead to the identification of individuals. They also pose challenges in contextualization, as human behaviour is often deeply influenced by cultural, social, and situational factors. Yet, behavioural and human-centred data are crucial to understanding complex land systems. Hence, we aim to expand the concept of SDIs to Socio-Environmental SDIs (or SE-SDIs).

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to develop an innovative SE-SDI that will serve as the foundation for addressing key challenges in complex land systems research. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will work on synthesizing multi-source, multi-modal data into a coherent data infrastructure and define the appropriate policies and standards for hosting, managing, and sharing the data typically used for analyses of complex adaptive land systems.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• Develop a robust methodological framework for integrating heterogeneous datasets -including qualitative and quantitative data - across spatial and temporal dimensions,
• define and specify metadata standards and policies for documenting and sharing data,
• collaborate with group members to align the data infrastructure with broader research goals,
• apply and evaluate the developed SE-SDI framework using real-world case studies.

Collectiebeheerder

Als Collectiebeheerder draag je bij aan het onderhouden van de Speciale Collecties van Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Ben je gek op regelen, organiseren, mensen én erfgoedobjecten? Dan ben jij misschien onze nieuwe Collectiebeheerder: een collega met hart voor de erfgoedcollectie en voor de diverse bezoekers van onze leeszaal en magazijn in de Bibliotheek op de campus van WUR.
Jij gaat als Collectiebeheerder bijdragen aan het beheer en behoud van onze Speciale Collecties, die uit verschillende deelcollecties bestaan. Zoals historisch boekmateriaal, foto's en (ontwerp) tekeningen. Ook de erfgoedcollectie van WUR valt onder deze afdeling.

Jouw taken en verantwoordelijkheden als Collectiebeheerder zijn:

• Registratie en collectiebeheer; klimaatcontroles, voorbereiden collectie voor bruiklenen;
• Inventariseren collecties; het op orde houden van de leeszaal;
• Materiaal opzoeken voor onderzoekers en andere klanten van Speciale Collecties;
• Het magazijn opruimen en optimaal indelen;
• Helpen bij de inrichting van tentoonstellingen;
• Communicatie met bezoekers (vragen beantwoorden per mail, rondleiding, ondersteunen onderzoekers, voorbereiding reproducties).

Jouw team
Jij gaat samenwerken met een compact team van professionals, waaronder een conservator en een assistent-conservator. Binnen het team is er volop inspiratie om nieuwe zaken aan te pakken en kansen te zien.

Hier ga je werken
De afdeling Bibliotheek is een afdeling binnen het Facilitair Bedrijf�van Wageningen University & Research (WUR). De Bibliotheek, met 65 gedreven medewerkers verdeeld over drie gespecialiseerde afdelingen, biedt innovatieve ondersteuning aan zowel onderzoekers als studenten. Jij helpt ons om het gebruik van onze collecties, systemen en ondersteunende diensten te optimaliseren vanuit het perspectief van onze gebruikers. Gebruiksgemak, hoogwaardige infrastructuur, goede informatie en ondersteuning staan hierbij centraal. Een uitgebreid overzicht van onze dienstverlening vind je op https://www.wur.eu/library.

Researcher Sustainable Plastics Technology

Are you a researcher with a strong background in polymer science, plastic product development and/or circular plastics? Are you interested to further develop your talents in a creative, ambitious, and multi-disciplinary contract research institute? Are you keen to join our project teams and contribute to a more sustainable society by developing new materials, methods and models for different plastic applications such as packaging, textiles and agriculture? We, the Sustainable Chemistry & Technology group of Wageningen Food and Biobased Research (WFBR), have a vacancy for a (Senior) Researcher Sustainable Plastic Products. Will you join our team?

What will you do?
You will participate in multidisciplinary, applied scientific research projects in the fields of polymer science and plastic product development.

Your duties and responsibilities include :

• Development of new (system) models and methodologies to assess and quantify sustainable design criteria such as circularity, climate change and plastic pollution;
• perform R&D on the processing, performance and end-of-life of (biobased) polymer products. Studies can be experimental, theoretical (desk- and literature studies), or both;
• report the results of your work internally - to the team and project leader, and externally - to our clients, in the form of written reports and oral presentations;
• contribute to writing proposals and/or workplans for the acquisition of new projects. In this process, you collaborate with other experts and members of our commercial team;
• contribute to the publication of results in peer reviewed journals, trade magazines and other media.

Your team
With our work on sustainable plastics we aim for a circular plastics economy in which plastics are based on renewable feedstocks, are recyclable, and do not accumulate in nature. We have over 30 years’ experience in biobased and biodegradable plastics, and have facilities for pilot scale polymer synthesis, processing and recycling and extensive polymer analysis (mechanical, chemical, thermal, biodegradation).
Annually, our experienced researchers of the Sustainable Plastic Technology expertise perform dozens of research projects, of greatly varying size/duration and technology readiness level. Novel concepts are investigated in subsidized and public-private partnership projects, whereas projects with a well-defined innovation purpose are usually performed in direct collaboration with our commercial clients. Each project is unique and staffed with a dedicated team of scientists and led by a matching project leader. You are likely to work on multiple projects, either sequentially or in parallel.

You will work here
Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, part of WUR, offers you a challenging and market-oriented environment where motivated scientific professionals conduct research projects for industry, governments and public-private partnerships. The Sustainable Chemistry & Technology Group develops innovative knowledge and technologies that enable the future production of functional chemicals and materials from renewable carbon sources, as an alternative to the current fossil-based ones.