Postdoctoral position in the INFOODMATION research project, Aarhus University

Job description

The postdoctoral researcher will be part of an established team that studies chemical pollution in the Arctic. The ongoing work includes the monitoring of POPs in biota and air as well as the screening for CEACs in a variety of matrices, using target analyses and suspect/non-target screening techniques. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to support this work and relevant expansions, for example analyses in new matrices, modelling approaches for the identification of CEACs, connections to plastic pollution, steps towards effect-directed analyses, studies on the interface of environmental occurrence and human exposure or other new directions.

The chemical analyses are based on several instrumental techniques (GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, HPLC-MS/MS, GC-Orbitrap-HRMS, HPLC-Orbitrap-HRMS, HPLC-QToF-HRMS etc.). The institute has also recently acquired a Combustion-Ion Chromatograph for Total PFAS analysis. The laboratory is accredited and has a strong focus on QA/QC. A priori, no Arctic field work is foreseen for this position, but it cannot be excluded, subject to projects and funding.

Parts of the postdoctoral researcher’s work will proceed in the newly granted Horizon Europe project ArcSolution (Arctic Pollution in a One Health perspective – from complex challenges to sustainable solutions). The candidate is expected to support Prof. Katrin Vorkamp’s work on chemical pollution in this project, including work related to per- and polyfluorinated alkylsubstances (PFAS) and plastic additives. However, the candidate is also expected to follow developments in the field of Arctic pollution beyond this specific project and to contribute to extending the group’s activities in this field under Katrin Vorkamp’s guidance.

The successful candidate is expected to actively pursue the publication of results in the scientific literature and their presentations at relevant conferences. The postdoctoral researcher will collaborate closely with other members of Katrin Vorkamp’s group and contribute to the overall progress in the group’s research. The candidate may be involved in the supervision of students or guest researchers. Furthermore, the postdoctoral researcher may also be expected to participate in outreach activities, for example dissemination of the work to Danish authorities, European agencies and interested groups.

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