Job description: Master student in chemistry or environmental sciences (f/m/d)

Background
Microplastics (MPs, <5>
Your Tasks
As part of the Master’s thesis, efficient methods for extracting MPs from water and sediment samples collected in rainwater/stormwater retention basins will be optimized, and environmental samples will be analyzed. The samples will be extracted and purified, then analyzed using LUMOS II micro-FTIR spectroscopy.

Your Profile

• enrolled at an University
• keen interest in plastic pollution

Further Information

You are interested?
Please forward your applications with the standard documentation (cover letter with motivation, CV) by January 30, 2026 to: Dr. Fangzhu Wu (fangzhu.wu@awi.de), Dr. Gunnar Gerdts (gunnar.gerdts@awi.de) or Dr. Sebastian Primpke (sebastian.primpke@awi.de).

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.