12 PhD Scholarship Positions in Europe

Applications are invited for a 12 paid PhD Scholarship Positions in Europe at Hydrogeology / Hydrogeochemistry, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta, and Greece.

Reactive barriers for enhanced attenuation of micropollutants during MAR infiltration

Fully Funded Scholarships presents 12 PhD Scholarship Positions in Hydrogeology/ Hydrogeochemistry – Europe.

Details of PhD Scholarship Positions in Europe

MARSoluT – Managed Aquifer Recharge Solutions Training Network – is a 04 years Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Network (ITN) funded by the European Commission.

Applicants from all relevant research fields are encouraged to apply, namely GEOSCIENCES, ENGINEERING, HYDROLOGY, and HYDROCHEMISTRY. The selected PhD applicants will perform high-level research activities towards a PhD. The MARSoluT Innovative Training Network (ITN) is funded by the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of the EU. The MARSoluT consortium consists of 10 partners that will recruit, host and train the PhD researchers.

PhD projects of PhD Scholarship Positions in Europe

Applicants are required to apply for any of the following projects:

• ESR1 project: Reactive barriers for enhanced attenuation of micropollutants at Darmstadt Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany
• ESR2 project: Assessment of the performance of different soils as a reactive layer to enhance water quality during infiltration in MAR basins – physical and numerical modelling in a large-scale sand-box model at Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Lisbon, Portugal
• ESR3 project: Advanced technical solutions in managed aquifer recharge (MAR) at Empresa de Transformacion Agraria SA (Tragsa), Madrid, Spain
• ESR4 project: Chaotic flow strategies to enhance contaminant degradation during managed aquifer recharge (MAR) operations at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
• ESR5 project: Modelling the fate and transport of microbial pathogens and emerging contaminants with Lagrangian approaches at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
• ESR6 project: Hydroinformatics and monitoring for investigating groundwater quality changes in managed aquifer recharge (MAR) at Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant’anna, Pisa, Italy
• ESR7 project: Hydrogeological and geochemical modelling of a seawater intrusion barrier in an island/coastal groundwater body at Energy and Water Agency, Luqa, Malta
• ESR8 project: Development and field evaluation of a new approach for mobile and rapid measurement of bed hydraulic conductivity for advantageous assessment of surface-water-ground-water-interaction for enhanced MAR sites operation at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
• ESR9 project: Understanding and predicting clogging behaviour to enhance and maintain infiltration capacity of MAR infrastructure at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
• ESR10 project: Integration of MAR solutions and modelling know-how for improvement of quantitative and qualitative status of selected water bodies identified in River Basin Management Plans at Universidade do Algarve (UAlg), Faro, Portugal
• ESR11 project: Flow, transport and reactions of recharged desalinated seawater in a porous aquifer at The Agricultural Research Organisation of Israel – the Volcani Centre, Bet Dagan, Israel
• ESR12 project: Flow, transport and reactions of recharged desalinated seawater in a porous aquifer at National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece

Benefits

Successful PhD applicants will receive the following benefits under PhD Scholarship Positions in Europe:

• be part of an international research consortium and network
• benefit from the designed training programme including a secondment offered by the host organisation and the consortium
• chance to collaborate with international experts and research groups
• 3-years full time employment contract with attractive salary includes a mobility allowance for personal travel as well as a family allowance (if applicable)

Eligibility

Eligibility requirements may vary with project. To be eligible for the Scholarships position, an applicant must:

• University degree (Dipl. Univ./Master) in Geosciences, Hydrology, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, or related fields
• Background in hydrochemistry with experience in laboratory work and modelling
• Good team player with excellent communication skills and should be willing to travel abroad for secondments, training courses and other meetings/workshops
• Proficiency in English language (written and oral)
• Not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of his/her host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her recruitment
• Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account
• The ESR shall – at the date of recruitment by the host organisation – be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree

Application

Applicants for PhD Scholarships Position in Hydrogeology/ Hydrogeochemistry are required to submit the following documents with application:

• Curriculum Vitae 
• Transcripts, reports, certificates of degrees
• Any other information as specified in the application form

Applicants are required to download and complete the application form and send it, together with all relevant documents as mentioned on the form, to: Dr. Annette Wefer-Roehl, wefer-roehl@geo.tu-darmstadt.de

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Fully Funded Scholarships presents 12 PhD Scholarship Positions in Hydrogeology/ Hydrogeochemistry – Europe.