The Department of Water, Landscape and Infrastructure, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and River Research is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in project employment.
Reference code: 169
Extent of employment: 40 hours per week
Duration of employment: 1st of October 2026, limited to 30th of September 2029
Gross monthly salary: depending on previous eligible experience at least EUR 5,014.30, payable 14 times per year.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of a novel high-turbulence experimental facility to reproduce realistic wave-breaking turbulence and sea spray generation under controlled laboratory conditions
- Design and implement cutting-edge experimental infrastructure
- Track air bubbles, droplets and particles using high-speed imaging
- Apply aerosol measurement techniques to quantify the emission of micro- and nanoplastics across a wide range of turbulence intensities
- Conduct aerosolization experiments to elucidate microplastic emission mechanisms
- Quantify turbulence-driven microplastic scavenging and emission fluxes
- Work closely with and support the PhD students within the AERIAL consortium
- Collaborate with experimentalists, aerosol scientists and atmospheric modelling teams across the consortium
- Disseminate research results through scientific publications and scientific meetings
Required skills and qualifications
- Doctorate degree/PhD preferably in experimental fluid mechanics, turbulence, multiphase flows, environmental fluid mechanics, aerosol physics or a related field
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Strong background in experimental fluid mechanics, turbulence, multiphase flows, environmental fluid mechanics, aerosol physics or related fields
- Experience with optical diagnostics, image processing, instrumentation or laboratory development
- Scientific programming and data analysis skills
Desirable skills and qualifications
- Experience with high-speed imaging and particle/bubble/droplet tracking
- Experience in aerosol measurement or aerosolization experiments
- Experience in experimental facility development
- Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary research team
- Willingness to travel for national and international conferences and workshops
Application
Applications can be submitted until 22nd of September 2026.
Please send your job application including motivation letter, CV and list of publications to HR Management, BOKU University, Peter-Jordan-Straße 70, 1190 Vienna; E-Mail: recruiting@boku.ac.at. Reference code: 169.
www.boku.ac.at
Vollzeit
Sonstige technische Berufe
€ 5.014
