Research Assistant – Aquatic Toxicology

Job Details

The main responsibilities will include: 

• Perform regular toxicity testing of chemicals and nanomaterials.
• Carry out the aquatic organism’s maintenance and culture, prepare contaminated dispersions and samples from aquaculture water, and carry out sample treatment and preparation for analysis.
• Characterise nanomaterials (including nanoplastics) in environmental matrix (seawater and biota).
• Analyse results and reporting (i.e., statistical analysis).
• Collaborate with international multidisciplinary teams.
• Write parts of technical and scientific documentation including reports and manuscripts and work planning.

Requirements

Mandatory:

• Master Degree in Biology or Environmental Sciences.

 Key Experience and Technical Skills: 

• Experience in aquatic organism’s maintenance and culture. 
• Experience in aquatic toxicity and bioaccumulation tests using diverse organisms (e.g., microalgae/cyanobacteria, microcrustacea, and filter-feeding mollusks, preferentially).
• Experience in biostatistics. 

Other Valued Skills/Experience: 

• Experience in applying standardised test guidelines (i.e., OECD, ISO).
• Experience in nanomaterials manipulation and characterisation using DLS, zeta potential and NTA.
• Experience in microalgae biotoxin quantification.
• Experience in analytical techniques, such as ICP-OES, HPLC-MS will be evaluated positively.
• Experience in electron and optical microscopy: preparation and investigation of biological samples and nanomaterials using confocal microscopy, TEM, and SEM with EDX will be evaluated positively.
• Experience in genomics, proteomics and/or transcriptomics will be evaluated positively.

Contact Information

Application Deadline

20 Sep 2026