2 jobs found in wageningen

Job title PhD Position ReefWatchers: Advancing Marine Ecosystem Assessment through Integrated Multi-Source Biodiversity Data. Company Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Marine Animal Ecology Group, in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Delft University, Boskalis, Guardline, Waardenburg Ecology, Oyster Heaven and Ark Nature. Description of the job Wageningen University & Research offers a PhD position within the ReefWatchers project, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), which aims to deliver science-based knowledge and tools to advance the monitoring of marine ecosystem biodiversity and quality. As a PhD candidate, you will work with biodiversity data collected by remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) equipped with multiple sensors, including imaging systems, acoustic devices, and eDNA sampling technologies, as well as various physical sampling tools. You will integrate diverse data...

Job title PhD Position in Fish Welfare Assessment in Public Aquaria. Company Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Animal Breeding and Genomics Group, in collaboration with Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde (Diergaarde Blijdorp) and Koninklijke Burgers' Zoo. Description of the job Wageningen University & Research is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join the project "Welfare assessment of fish in public aquaria", a collaboration between Wageningen Livestock Research, Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde and Koninklijke Burgers' Zoo, funded as Public-Private Partnership by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature. Positive animal welfare is a prerequisite for the existence of zoos and their unique role in the conservation of endangered species. After lengthy scientific debate, it has only recently been established that fish can consciously experience pain and stress, and also possess more...