The aim of this PhD position is to explore and fingerprint colloidal P and associated elemental content within European river networks to advance understanding of pollution pressures in complex catchments. The objectives include:
- Quantify colloidal nutrient (P focus) mobilization and retention processes.
- Identify and quantify hot spots and hot moments of colloidal P emissions in catchments.
- Testing of colloidal fingerprinting for tracing N mobilisation, where opportune specific stable isotopes approaches will be employed.
As part of this PhD position, the Doctoral Candidate will have an opportunity to take part in short visits and secondments to BEYOND partners (Uppsala University, James Hutton Institute POSTNOVA, AFBI and CHIVAS) for additional training and knowledge exchange.
The project will be supervised by Professor Dr. Roland (FZJ, Germany), Prof. Dr. Michael Rode (UFZ, Germany) and Ass. Professor Gabriele Weigelhofer (BOKU, Austria).
The position duration is three years. You will be based in the Agrosphere (IBG-3), Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ibg/ibg-3) located in Juelich, Germany.
