Research Assistant

Euraxess; Villefranche-d'Astarac; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche seeks a Research Assistant to support the ERC UNIVOC project in analytical chemistry of volatile organic compounds. The role centers on mass spectrometry and PTR-Tof-MS operation, calibrations, and data interpretation.

You will participate in field sessions in France and the USA, and collaborate with students and postdocs to realize experimental designs and analyses, under CNRS supervision in a dynamic marine lab environment.

Qualifications

• Specialist in analytical chemistry of volatile organic compounds.
• Experience with mass spectrometry instrumentation is required.
• Ability to train and assist students and postdocs is expected.

Responsibilities

• Operate PTR-Tof-MS and perform calibrations and troubleshooting.
• Analyze and interpret experimental data from VOC analyses.
• Assist students and postdocs in the lab and contribute to experimental design.
• Participate in field sessions planned for 2027–2028.

Skills

Mass spectrometry

Tools

PTR-Tof-MS

Job description

Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche

Organisation/Company Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche Research Field Chemistry » Analytical chemistry Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Research Support Positions Application Deadline 30 Jan 2027 - 00:00 (Europe/Paris) Country France Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 38 Offer Starting Date 1 May 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - ERC Reference Number 101231220 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Position: Research assistant

Duration: 24 months, spring 2027

Scientific discipline: Marine Volatile Organic Compounds

Technical expertise required: Mass spectrometry

In the frame of the ERC consolidator UNIVOC project, the CNRS is seeking an enthusiastic research assistant specialized in the analytical chemistry of volatile organic compounds.

Global change is compromising the Ocean and Human Health by favoring the development of Harmful Algal Blooms in many regions worldwide. An increasing number of coastal dinoflagellate blooms are associated with respiratory disorders, threatening the health of the population. While the airborne toxic factors remain undisclosed in the majority of dinoflagellates blooms, deciphering the diversity of sea-air transferred marine-produced compounds is urgently needed. In UNIVOC, volatile organic compounds are hypothesized to play a key role in shaping the toxicity of these blooms, through chemical interactions within the marine microbial sphere.

To explore this hypothesis, the LOV will acquire a new PTR-Tof-MS in spring 2027 to perform the experiments throughout the life-time of the project. The hired research assistant will be in charge of the PTR-Tof-MS upon its receipt and will actively participate to all experimental work, including 3 field sessions in summer 2027 (France), spring 2028 (USA) and fall 2028 (USA). She/He will run the instrument (set up, calibrations, troubleshooting) and will analyze and interpret the data. A training session is planned at the reception of the instrument. The research assistant will also train and assist students and postdoc with their experiments in the lab and will participate to original experimental designs.

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche Country France Geofield