Working at NIOO

Ben jij een servicegerichte systeembeheerder met een passie voor innovatie die ook een gebruiker kan ondersteunen? Wil jij werken in een inspirerende wetenschappelijke omgeving waar je bijdraagt aan baanbrekend ecologisch onderzoek? Dan zijn wij op zoek naar jou!

Lake IJsselmeer is the largest reservoir of the Netherlands, providing important ecosystem services such as drinking water, fishing habitat, and flood risk protection. You will support a long-term ecological research programme on Lake IJsselmeer which is currently focused on water chemistry and phytoplankton. You will provide additional expertise to “add value” to the project. You will join a one-day pilot research cruise on the lake on 2 July 2026 and analyse the findings. Conduct and interpret analyses within your area of expertise that increase understanding of the functioning of Lake IJsselmeer and / or improve the methodologies and data pipelines for long-term sampling and analysis on Lake IJsselmeer. You prepare scientific publications and give conference presentations. This initiative is important to the strategic development of the Aquatic Ecology Department and you will be tasked with raising the profile of the Lake IJsselmeer project through a variety of commmuication channels.

The Animal Ecology Department has several ongoing data and software-related projects that already integrate AI, LLM, and machine learning approaches into our work. Many of these projects will benefit from the hands-on assistance of a specialist in an area where opportunities are rapidly outpacing in-house expertise. We are also generating large, diverse datasets (including image libraries, video collections, sensor streams, and experimental data), and modern AI-based pipelines for extracting ecological information from them have to be developed.

Wil jij jouw HR-expertise graag inzetten om bij te dragen aan ecologisch onderzoek met maatschappelijk impact? Werk je graag hands-on maar ook projectmatig in een dynamische, diverse en inclusieve organisatie? Dan zijn we op zoek naar jou!

Grasslands are under increased pressure of global changes, with nutrient enrichment and changes in vertebrate grazer communities being among the most prominent. Although impacts of global changes on plant communities have been well documented, it is much less well understood how they affect soil community composition and functioning. We now have the unique opportunity to utilise a long-term experiment at the Veluwe (the Netherlands), which is part of the global Nutrient Network (www.nutnet.org), to study impacts of nutrient addition and grazing on plant and soil communities.

Ben jij iemand die graag dingen regelt, overzicht houdt en energie krijgt van een afwisselende werkdag? Heb je al een paar jaar werkervaring en wil je jezelf verder ontwikkelen binnen het facilitaire vak? Dan zijn wij op zoek naar jou! Bij NIOO-KNAW maak je onderdeel uit van een internationale onderzoeksomgeving die werkt aan kennis over natuur, biodiversiteit en een leefbare wereld.

We are looking for a PhD candidate to join a project on aquatic–terrestrial coupling of trophic interactions in urban ecosystems. The project focuses on understanding how environmental changes, particularly artificial light at night (ALAN) and temperature, reshapes ecological interactions across ecosystem boundaries. The research will combine ecological theory, mechanistic modelling, empirical data integration, and communication across disciplines.

Interested in how crops maintain stable yields under both optimal and drought conditions? A PhD position within the Allrounder project - dissecting the genetic basis of natural variation in root and shoot architecture as basis for breeding climate-resilient barley - might be suited for you!

Bij de Technische Dienst heb je een afwisselende en uitdagende functie waar je ervoor zorgt dat onze duurzame gebouwen en installaties goed functioneren. Door jouw inzet blijft de techniek betrouwbaar – een onmisbare schakel in ons werk voor natuur en klimaat.

Every day, hidden ecological processes unfold right below our feet. Are you excited about belowground ecology and interested in combining long-term ecological data, soil ecology, fieldwork, and predictive modelling to understand how forests respond to global change? We are looking for a PhD candidate to investigate how belowground processes contribute and respond to mast seeding dynamics in European beech (Fagus sylvatica).

In this project, you will investigate the biogeography of above- and belowground fungi associated with several Scalesia species. We aim to develop an integrated view of diversity and distribution of three components of the fungal microbiome: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), yeasts, and fungal pathogens colonizing roots and leaves.