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- JOB - Netherlands - Delft University of Technology via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 22 April 2026
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22 Apr 2026
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Research Field
Environmental science » Ecology
Environmental science » Water science Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1) Type of Contract
Permanent Job Status
Not Applicable Hours Per Week
38.0 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
PhD on microbial transformation in contaminated sediments, studying pollutant degradation pathways, microbial communities, and bioreactor concepts for sustainable sediment management
Job description
Contaminated sediment depots contain mixtures of polluted dredged sediments that have long term evolved under anaerobic and often brackish environmental conditions. While these depots are extensive monitored, little is known about the changes in microbial communities and pollutants over decades of in-situ storage. The system is strongly stratified, poorly mixed, and exhibits sharp gradients in geochemistry and microbial activity, resulting in major uncertainties in pollutant fate, microbial processes, and long term environmental impacts
A central knowledge gap concerns whether indigenous anaerobic microbial communities can transform persistent pollutants. Identifying degradation pathways, responsible enzymes, and the environmental conditions that drive these transformations is essential to support risk assessment, future remediation technologies, and the potential development of circular resource concepts.
This PhD project focuses on microbial process discovery, using advanced omics based tools to identify organisms, enzymes, and metabolic pathways capable of transforming selected pollutants under anaerobic conditions.
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