The goal of secondments is to provide direct hands-on research and cutting edge technology experience to ICEBIO doctoral candidates. The ICEBIO DCs will gain experience with innovation in academic and SME contexts and focus on a research problem that fits with their individual PhD projects.
As ICEBIO fellows carry out their secondments, information about their experiences will be provided here.
26/11/2023 - 02/12/2023
During my first secondment, I analysed 20 samples of snow, ice and glacial runoff waters using a phosphate analyser capable of reaching limits of detection down to 5 nM. I was introduced to the method and helped with the analyses by Dr. Beatriz Gill Olivas from Aarhus University. In addition to that DC6 Klara Köhler assisted me in using a Gallery ThermoFisher nutrient analyser to further analyse nitrogen species and dissolved silica in runoff waters samples. Lastly, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere of the Christmas party at Aarhus university at the end of a productive week.
03/03/2024 - 16/03/2024
During my second secondment to AU, I analysed a second set of supraglacial samples, this time coming from a winter fieldwork in Svalbard during 2023. In addition to phosphate, this time I also conducted organic digestions to measure the total dissolved P. This way the organic fraction of the total dissolved P can be calculated