Environment: LIST is recruiting two Group Leaders

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is currently recruiting two Group Leaders for its Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) department: a leader for the research group "Chemical pollution control and impact assessment" and a leader for the research group "Remote sensing and ecohydrological modelling".

ERIN develops strategies, technologies and tools to better monitor, assess, use and safeguard natural and renewable resources. Its research focuses on water security and safety, plants for biomass, biopolymers and bioenergy, life cycle sustainability and risk assessment, and e-Science for environmental and biological applications.

As presented in the job offers, the Group Leader is responsible - in accordance with his/her Head of Unit and ERIN's Direction - for the overall management, coordination, development and performance of his/her group. He/she is expected to:

• Develop the valorisation of the group's research output in terms of patents, licences, prototype production, and spin-offs
• Develop industrial partnerships that would lead to bilateral research projects/programmes, provision of services and long term collaboration
• Increase the impact and visibility of LIST and the group's RDI work at European level.
  
  

Remote sensing and ecohydrological modelling

This Research Group is part of the "Water Security and Safety" research unit and is currently made up of 15 researchers, engineers, technicians and PhD students. 

Its RDI activities focus on the integration of advanced remote sensing technologies (satellite, airborne, ground), geoinformation science tools and environmental models for the assessment, monitoring, and management of natural resources, with a particular emphasis on water resources (flood and drought, as well as water quality management), from the local to the global scale. The group has substantial expertise in the acquisition and quantitative analysis of microwave, hyperspectral and thermal infrared image data and their assimilation into eco-hydrological models. 

The Group has at its disposal in-house analytical facilities, a testbed with a dense hydrometeorological measurement network of ground sensors, a UAV, an airborne hyperspectral long-wave infrared imager, as well as a high-performance computing facility. 

> Are you interested in this position? View the job offer and apply online.

Chemical pollution control and impact assessment

This Research Group is part of the "Water security and safety" research unit and is currently made up of 20 researchers, engineers, technicians and PhD students. It performs RDI activities aiming at the integration of innovative monitoring techniques (sensors, proxies, passive samplers, etc.), information systems, and model-based predictive control for the management of natural and urban water systems at regional scale. Furthermore, the group develops tools and models for the evaluation of the impact of chemical pollutants on aquatic ecosystems.

The Group has at its disposal in-house analytical chemistry facilities (SPE, ICP-MS, HPLC, GC-MS, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS), lab-scale pilots, 10-m3 wastewater treatment pilot, field sampling equipment and vehicles, among other resources.

> Are you interested in this position? View the job offer and apply online.