Professor in organic environmental chemistry

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences Professor in Organic Environmental Chemistry (organisk miljökemi) at the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences The subject area of Organic Environmental Chemistry for this position is the chemical assessment, environmental fate and effects of organic pollutants related to agriculture with relevance to the aquatic environment.The position will be placed at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment (www.ma.slu.se).This department has a unique national responsibility for assessing the condition of Swedish surface waters with respect to both water chemistry and the aquatic biota.The mission of the department is to provide the knowledge about human impacts on aquatic ecosystems that society needs to achieve its environmental goals for surface waters.This mission involves the design and implementation of long-term surveillance programs across a range of spatial and temporal scales, studies of the chemical and ecological processes underlying environmental change, as well as the knowledge and tools needed to interpret environmental data and assess management alternatives.