Postdoc: Stable-Isotope Nitrogen Ecology & Orbitrap Analytics

AcademicTransfer; Nederland; On-site; EUR 41,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral researcher position to develop and apply 15N-based approaches and Orbitrap analyses to advance understanding of nitrogen cycling across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. You will work across departments, design tracing experiments, and build reproducible analytical workflows.

Based in Wageningen, you will train colleagues, contribute to publications, and help strengthen isotope facilities at NIOO.

Qualifications

• PhD in biogeochemistry, ecology, analytical chemistry or related discipline.
• Experience with 15N stable-isotope tracer experiments.
• Experience with isotope enrichment calculations and mass balance.
• Strong quantitative and statistical skills.
• Good command of written and spoken English.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct ^15N stable-isotope tracing experiments to quantify nitrogen transformations, transfer and fate.
• Develop and validate Orbitrap-based isotopologue and isotopomer approaches.
• Establish workflows for isotope enrichment, natural-abundance correction, isotope mass balance and nitrogen-flux analysis.
• Apply isotope approaches across plant, soil, microbial and aquatic systems.
• Train and support PhD candidates, postdocs, scientists and technicians in isotope methods and data analysis.
• Contribute to scientific publications, presentations and interdisciplinary collaborations.
• Based at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in Wageningen and collaborate across departments.

Skills

15N tracing

Experimental design

Quantitative analysis

Nitrogen-cycle knowledge

Isotope mass balance

R

Python

Independent work

English proficiency

Education

PhD in biogeochemistry, ecology, analytical chemistry or related discipline

Tools

Orbitrap MS

Job description

The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral researcher position to develop and apply 15N-based approaches and Orbitrap analyses to advance understanding of nitrogen cycling across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. You will work across departments, design tracing experiments, and build reproducible analytical workflows.

Based in Wageningen, you will train colleagues, contribute to publications, and help strengthen isotope facilities at NIOO.