Oferty pracy w projektach finansowanych przez NCN

Nazwa jednostki: Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences – Sopot, Inne oferty z tego miasta »
Nazwa stanowiska: Student scholarship (2 stanowiska)
Wymagania:

Requirements:
• Student of physics, or any scientific field within Earth Sciences discipline related to the project’s scope
• Experience and interest in aerosol science (and/or earth/environmental sciences)
• Experience in microplastics analysis
• Basic knowledge of R environment (or similar coding language dedicated to data processing)
• Experience in research cruises (preferably RV Oceania)
• Good level of written and oral English language
• Experience in presenting scientific results
• Good communication skills, high motivation for work in interdisciplinary team, passion for science, creativity
• Good health and resistance to rough marine working conditions

Opis zadań:

Task description:
• Assisting and conducting aerosol and water sampling measurements during research cruises and field campaigns
• Microplastics samples (air and water) visual inspection
• Processing and visualization of large data series
• Merging and data assimilation, source parameterization
• Dissemination of the results

Project Description
The widespread use of plastic materials worldwide, driven by their low cost of production and versatility, has led to severe environmental consequences. Plastic pollution is one of the most challenging problems facing our planet, affecting the oceans, land, atmosphere, and all forms of life. Plastics can degrade into tiny particles called microplastics (MPs) or even smaller nanoplastics. These particles can be transported across the globe and have even been found in remote areas like the Arctic and deep ocean regions. MPs can carry harmful chemicals that pose risks to humans, animals, and ecosystems. They can enter the food chain through various pathways, ultimately reaching humans. However, the exact routes through which plastic and microplastic particles are transported in the environment are still poorly understood.
To address these challenges, our research project has set out the following main objectives:
(1) Implementing a novel method called Relaxed Eddy Accumulation to measure airborne microplastic particles emissions and depositions (AMPs). (2) Investigating the role of air-sea-land exchange in the transport of microplastic particles. (3) Conducting long-term observations to understand the variability of AMPs in the Baltic Sea area and during three cruises to the North Atlantic Ocean. (4) to develop an AMP transport statistical model based on field data using the Monte Carlo method.
Through extensive interdisciplinary measurements conducted as part of this project, we aim to unravel the mechanisms of MP transport across different environmental compartments, including the air, sea, and land.

Typ konkursu NCN: OPUS – ST
Termin składania ofert: 4 listopada 2024, 23:59
Forma składania ofert: email
Warunki zatrudnienia:

Employment conditions:
Duration: 12 months, from December 2024
Scholarship: 1 500 PLN per month
Application deadline: November 4th, 2024
Competition results: November 10th, 2024

Dodatkowe informacje:

Additional informations:
The candidate must have a status of a student.

The scholarship holder is expected to work within the Polish National Science Centre funded project: ‘Microplastics in the Baltic Sea and North Atlantic Ocean: identification and studies of sea-air transport.’, project number: UMO-2023/49/B/ST10/00513.

Required documents:
1) motivation letter
2) CV
3) consent clause*

Required documents should be sent by e-mail to: rekrutacja@iopan.pl and to the project PI: dr Piotr Markuszewski, pmarkusz@iopan.pl, with message title “Student–SMART”

Additional questions can be sent to the project PI – dr Piotr Markuszewski, pmarkusz@iopan.pl

*Please attach a signed document with the following consent clause:
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I also declare that I have read the information on the processing of personal data provided by the Institute in accordance with Article 13 GDPR.

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Data dodania ogłoszenia: 2024-10-14 14:10:21