Bachelor thesis / Master thesis / Internship
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- Veröffentlicht am 14.01.2025
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Bachelor thesis / Master thesis / Internship
The UFZ
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences. We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association. Our mission: Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.
The job
This thesis/internship is part of the PhD college , which is developing sustainable solutions for on-farm manure utilization. The application of liquid manure on agricultural fields comes with some challenges including antibiotics, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and an excess of nutrients. In this project we address these challenges by planting cover crops during fallow seasons to manage the soil microbiome and capture nutrients from manure.
You will participate in the preparations for and the sampling of a large outdoor mesocosm experiment planted with cover crop mixtures. Additionally, you will learn how to do soil and greenhouse gas samplings, analyze the collected samples in the lab, work with the data acquired from these samples and present them in presentations and/or your thesis. The position is expected to last at least 3 months preferably starting in March 2025. Supervision will be on-site in Leipzig, for which you will become a member of the !
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