PhD student position in Environmental Biotechnology Job in Sweden

PhD student position in Environmental Biotechnology Job Description

The Division of Water Environment Technology (WET) brings together scientists with expertise in process engineering, hydraulics, environment, and sustainability. As a PhD student, you will belong to the environmental biotechnology/wastewater engineering research group. Our group currently carries out research on activated sludge (adsorption, flocculation, and microbiology), microbial electrochemical systems, anammox, and granular sludge. More information about WET can be found at http://www.chalmers.se/cee/EN/divisions/wet.

Job description

As a PhD student in our group, you will carry out research in the field of microbial electrochemistry. In microbial electrochemical systems, living microorganisms transfer electrons to or from solid electrodes. In recent years, these systems have been investigated e.g. for conversion of organic compounds in wastewater into electrical energy, production of energy carriers and chemicals, recovery of metals, and use as biosensors.

In this PhD project, you will focus on the activities of biological cathodes under anaerobic conditions. You will build and operate bioelectrochemical reactors, investigate the activities of microorganisms in these reactors, and study the microbial communities.

The majority of your working time is devoted to your own research studies. As a PhD student you are expected to develop your own ideas and communicate scientific results orally as well as in written form. In addition, the position will include 20% departmental work, mostly teaching duties in the Master programme ”Infrastructure and Environmental Engineering” and the undergraduate program in Civil Engineering.
The employment is expected begin in the spring of 2013 and is limited to a maximum of five years.

PhD student position in Environmental Biotechnology Job Requirements

Qualifications

The applicant should have a Master of Science degree in environmental engineering, biotechnology, microbiology, electrochemistry, or related fields. Experience of laboratory work and good English writing skills are required. It is also desirable that the applicant has knowledge or experience in at least one of the following areas: running biological reactors, using analytical instruments, working with electrochemical systems, or microbial community analysis.

Application procedure

The application should be marked with Ref 20130001 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below: 1. Application: (Please name the uploaded document in ReachMee as: APPLICATION_ family name_ref. number)
- CV
- attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
- name, affiliation, telephone number and email addresses of two reference persons who could provide an assessment of the applicant’s academic potential (optional) 2. A letter of application detailing your specific qualifications for the position (named: QUALIFICATIONS_family name_ref. number)
- maximum one A4 page 3. Publications: (named: PUBLICATIONS_family name_ref. number)
- relevant work such as bachelor's and master's theses (or outline of thesis in preparation), scientific articles, or student reports (do not include more than 3 works, the master thesis should be one of them). Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).

Application deadline: 2013-02-06

For questions, please contact:

Assistant professor Oskar Modin, Division of Water Environment Technology
[email protected], +46 (0)31-772 2138

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