Anthropogenic particles, namely microplastics are considered a severe environmental threat. Improved knowledge on occurrence, sources and behavior is the basis to develop mitigation measures.

Persistent and mobile organic contaminants can severely affect the quality of water, environmental and human health. Knowledge on their occurrence and removal options is essential to improve this situation.

We offer a master thesis project on the implementation of a simulation model to infer from existing data to movement patterns of ground beetles. The thesis is a joint project of ZALF, UFZ and University of Potsdam as part of the RTG BioMove (www.biomove.org).