MSc students

A number of opportunities for internships and thesis projects for MSc students are listed below. Moreover, if you have a specific interest or you want to explore NIOZ research, you can browse the webpages of our research departments: Estuarine & Delta Systems, Coastal Systems, Ocean Systems and Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry. Please contact linked scientists directly to inquire about possibilities for an internship or graduation project (please include your c.v.).

Location Texel

• The impact of hydrothermal vents on ocean chemistry
• Ocean Mixing and tracer transport
• Northern European Enclosure Dam
• Marsdiep ferry-based velocity record
• Marine CO₂ uptake and ocean acidification
• The role of Whittard Canyon in particle dispersal and retention 
• New calcite growth experiments for a better understanding of paleoclimates and biomineralization
• Chemical communication between marine microbes
• Marine microbes and their membrane lipids 
• Investigating halophilic archaeal symbionts in co-culture with their hosts and enriching novel symbiont-host systems
• Marine Viral Ecology
• The ecological importance of viruses in Antarctic waters
• Phytoplankton host – virus interactions under different growth condition
• Fate of plastic marine debris and interaction with marine microorganisms
• Productivity regimes and plankton community in the upwelling system of the Azores
• Reproductive potential of garfish in the Wadden Sea
• Personality and movement ecology in free-living Red Knots
• Movement ecology of migratory shorebirds in the Dutch Wadden Sea
• Macrozoobenthos distributions in the Dutch Wadden Sea
• Food web resilience of the Wadden Sea
• Studying Wadden Sea ecosystem dynamics using digital twin approach
• Long-term changes in wildlife parasite abundance
• Omega-3 and parasites, is there a connection?
• Movement ecology meets disease ecology
• ​Impacts of biological invasions on species interactions, food webs and diseases

Location Yerseke

• Studying Wadden Sea ecosystem dynamics using digital twin approach
• Food web structure and functioning of a subpolar fjord on the West Antarctic Peninsula – Insights from a data-rich food web model
• Uptake of particles derived from seaweed by Mytilus edulis
• Machine learning for classification of marine zooplankton
• Integrating seaweed cultivation with large-scale offshore floating structures
• Effects of combining the culturing of seaweed and mussels 
• Protecting Nature with Nature - Nature-based Solutions to Improve Marine Ecosystem Health
• Interactions between Microbes and Macro-Organisms - from Symbiosis to Improving Marine Ecosystem Health
• The effect of temperature on North Sea seaweeds
• Antioxidant and bioactivity assays of seaweed constituents from red seaweeds
• Pattern Recognition of Seaweed Constituents; correlation, differences and quality
• Shifting biodiversity baselines with 3D Visual modelling of ecosystems
• Controlled growth experiments yield insight into bivalve shell mineralization and chemistry
• Providing a mechanistic understanding how to maximize combined nature and coastal protection goals 
• Biogeomorphic landscape formation by ecosystem engineers: generalizing across species 
• Developing knowledge to preserve and restore coastal ecosystems 
• Identifying the relation between the traits of intertidal organisms and the ecosystem services they provide
• Hydrodynamic ecology: unraveling hydrodynamic effects on behavior, resources and thereby communities