Paid PhD position: Analytical Environmental Chemistry H2020 POLYRISK

The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking to hire a candidate with an MSc in Analytical Environmental Chemistry (or related field) for a paid PhD position (4 years). The challenge is measuring plastic particles for a human risk assessment within a groundbreaking new EU H2020 project, POLYRISK: Understanding Exposure and Toxicity of Microplastic and Nanoplastic Contaminants in Humans.
Besides being part of an excellent European scientific consortium, the candidate is offered a salary with great benefits while earning a PhD degree.

POLYRISK is a 4-year EU H2020 research and innovation action project, starting in April 2021 .The POLYRISK consortium brings together a team of Europe’s top laboratories and risk assessors to measure plastic particles and their immuntoxicological effects on the human body. The project will

1. develop and validate high tech methods for the detection, quantification and characterization of plastic particles in both the nanometer and micrometer particle size ranges
2. assess epithelial transfer of the particles and their proinflammatory effects both in vitro and in real-life scenarios with humans in normal everyday scenarios;
3. develop an effective human risk assessment strategy and
4. exchange and communicate knowledge with stakeholders.

Applications due 18 March 2021!