Jobs

We are looking for a dynamic and talented early career researcher in the field of Computational Materials Science with a focus on Separation and Biomedical applications, who can effectively exploit Artificial Intelligence tools for the design of functional Materials and Sustainable Processes in the SusProM Group. https://www.suspromgroup.eng.ed.ac.uk/

The Opportunity:
• To work in a highly interdisciplinary Research Team with Chemical Engineers, Bioengineers an Experts in Artificial Intelligence and undertake research on the computational simulation and screening of materials for the miniaturisation and circularisation of the hemodialysis process.
• To exploit the research results to improve the life of kidney patients, in collaboration with Kidney Research UK and frequent contacts with patients, nephrologists and biologists during National events.
• To deal mostly with computational work, but willing to carry out experimental validation in the lab if needed.

Your skills and attributes for success:
• Computational material science skills (Molecular Simulations, Macroscopic models and Machine Learning)
• Strong fundamental knowledge of materials for separation theory
• Ability to apply fundamental skills to problem solving
• Coding skills (Python preferred, Pytorch/tensorflow desirable)
• Basic experience in the lab.

The position will be supervised by Prof. Maria-Grazia De Angelis (Institute for Materials and Processes, dr. Simone Dimartino (Institute for Bioengineering) and Prof. Sotos Tsaftaris (Institute of Digital Communications).

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Team up with the most innovative company where Imagination becomes a reality! DiviGas is the originator, pioneer, and commercial leader in Membrane technology (see www.Divigas.com). DiviGas is expanding its capability because of increased global demand for hydrogen purification and CO2 capture. We are seeking qualified, self-driven candidates looking to advance their careers and be high-impact players on the company.

DiviGas Australia Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced Polymer adhesive Scientist to join the R&D team. You will be responsible for polymeric adhesive material design and testing to achieve advanced performance in membrane potting. You will build correlations between material properties and potting performance to evaluate the adhesive properties, demonstrate benefits, scale-up formulations, and work with product design and pilot teams. Forget burdensome corporate structures, here you will get to invent radically new materials at the edge of science for a massive impact on the energy world.

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About DiviGas: (see Divigas.com)

Billions worth of hydrogen gas is made and lost every year at petrochemical plants due to equipment failure against tough gas streams. DiviGas has invented proprietary polymers to make a new hydrogen membrane, a nano-molecular filter, that allows for this wasted gas to be reused. This helps save $ billions & avoid millions of tons of CO2 produced for nothing.

DiviGas, initially a Singaporean company, has closed a USD$5m seed round in 2021 and used it to build a factory in Melbourne, Australia. We are a rapidly growing technology company that manufactures and sells entire plug-and-play systems designed to seamlessly and cost-effectively separate and recover hydrogen and other gases at petrochemical plants and refineries.

We are looking for an experienced membrane fabrication expert to join the production team, as DiviGas is focused on rapidly increasing its manufacturing output. This role would be the first line worker in the company and would be a key player in helping to ensure the stable expansion of our production capabilities. If you have experience working with membrane fabrication or gas separation modules in a dynamic and fast-growing company, then this might be the role for you.

This Skilled Line Worker will be central to planning, implementing carrying out key processes in the production of our gas separation systems, such as polymeric membrane fabrication, trimming, module potting, applying epoxy, quality performance evalauation and many others.

Together with our CTO, Head of R&D, and Director of Manufacturing, you will be responsible for ensuring that all processes are transferred from R&D to manufacturing in a robust fashion. You can expect to work constantly with industrial grade chemicals, gases, as well as advanced/ heavy fabrication machinery and equipments.

More details here

About DiviGas: (see Divigas.com)

Billions worth of hydrogen gas is made and lost every year at petrochemical plants due to equipment failure against tough gas streams. DiviGas has invented proprietary polymers to make a new hydrogen membrane, a nano-molecular filter, that allows for this wasted gas to be reused. This helps save $ billions & avoid millions of tons of CO2 produced for nothing.

DiviGas, initially a Singaporean company, has closed a USD$5m seed round in 2021 and used it to build a factory in Melbourne, Australia. We are a rapidly growing technology company that manufactures and sells entire plug-and-play systems designed to seamlessly and cost-effectively separate and recover hydrogen and other gases at petrochemical plants and refineries.

General offer description: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network HORIZON – MSCA – 2021 – DN EXBRINER

Details: https://exbriner.unical.it/individual-research-projects/

Postdoc vacancy at the Department of Food Science (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Research topic: UF / MF of plant-based extracts for fractionation of proteins

Deadline: March 13, 2023

Details: Postdoc in Gentle and Sustainable Processing – Novel membrane filtration approaches (ku.dk)

Contact Prof. Lilia Ahrné Lilia@food.ku.dk

PhD vacancy at The Laboratory of Membrane Processes (NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal)

Research topic: Recovery of lithium from cathode materials by flow capacitive deionization

Deadline: 03 of April 2023

Details: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/79421

PhD POSITION (36 months)
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & ENERGETICS

DESIGN OF INNOVATIVE SOLAR POWERED VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION MODULES AND ENERGY EFFICIENT SYSTEM

Within EU Marie Slowdowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) EXBRINER
(ESR position 3, recruiting institution : INSA Toulouse, France).

The position is offered to recently graduated MSc students in Chemical Engineerings or Energetics for starting on 1 june. Students that will obtain their MSc in June 2023 can apply for starting on 1st september 2023

Please find the relevant information here.

The University of Bath is recruiting a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Assistant/Associate Prof.) in ‘advanced membrane material development and scale-up’.

Deadline for application is the 13th of March. For more info, please check: https://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=CF10284

PhD vacancy in the research group ‘Membrane Technology for a Sustainable World’, led by Prof. Patricia Luis at UCLouvain

Profile: Candidate with a Master diploma in the field of Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or similar. A plus if the candidate has experience with membrane technology and/or enzymatic conversions.

The candidate should have the following aptitudes:

• Willing to work in an international group
• Sociable, team worker, helpful and friendly
• Willing to teach in master or bachelor courses in English and/or in French
• Willing to travel (international conferences)
• English is a mandatory language (high level in writing and spoken English). Other languages spoken within the group are French, Spanish, Dutch, Persian, and Chinese, among others.
• Knowledge of Aspen Plus and SimaPro is a plus point

Status: 1-year PhD grant, renewable for 4 years, starting between 1st March 2023 to 1st October 2023.

Research topic: Continuous Enzymatic Pervaporation: a new era in Green Chemistry and Process Intensification (NewERA).

The NewERA project aims at developing a continuous enzymatic pervaporation process that combines REACTION and SEPARATION together in a CONTINUOUS mode.
Glycerol is considered as a key platform molecule for the production of glycerol carbonate, which also has a wide variety of applications as a component in detergent and personal care compositions, carriers in pharmaceutical preparations and in lithium and lithium-ion batteries, building ecocomposites, solvents, chemical intermediates and polymers, among others. To synthesize glycerol carbonate, glycerol -used as an alcohol source- is reacted with one carbonate source. In this project, the transesterification of glycerol with dimethyl carbonate is selected as a promising conversion route because it mostly produces only methanol as coproduct. A continuous process will be achieved with the application of hollow fiber or tubular membranes which will act as tubular reactors with an optimal residence time, ensuring the complete conversion of reagents over the length of the ‘tube’ and pure glycerol carbonate at the outlet of the reactor.

Application:

If interested, please send your CV, a motivation letter and one or more reference letters by email to:
Prof. Patricia Luis: patricia.luis@uclouvain.be

An interview (online or presential) will be organized with the selected candidates.

+ info research group: https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/immc/imap/membrane-technology.html

The University of Luxembourg is seeking to hire a highly motivated and outstanding researcher in the area of hydrogen reactors and membrane systems.

Your Role:
The Paul Wurth Chair* is building up a range of new experimental facilities, in collaboration with industrial partners and to pursue externally funded research projects, often involving Master’s and PhD students. These include:

• The construction of a catalytic reactor and separator system for conversion of ammonia to hydrogen-rich gas mixtures and purification of these gas mixtures
• The design and construction of an electrochemical system for detailed investigation of electrocatalysts and new electrochemical engineering concepts for production of hydrogen from ammonia
• The design and construction of thermal and catalytic pyrolysis reactors for hydrogen-rich gas mixtures.

Your role is to work intensively with fellow researchers, technicians, suppliers and partners to design, build and operate these experimental facilities. The Paul Wurth Chair is also procuring a wide range of new, state-of-the-art characterization equipment which you will also help commission, operate and maintain. Your writing tasks will include safety, operation documentation, reports to sponsors and partners, and research publications from the projects involving this equipment.

The position is particularly targeted at researchers who aim to establish their own independent research career (for example as a research group leader or junior/assistant professor), and to this end, extensive career development assistance will be provided. The appointed researcher will also help to prepare new research proposals for national and European projects, and if funded, help lead the projects to establish an independent research and funding track record.

Please direct any further questions to Professor Bradley Ladewig (bradley.ladewig@uni.lu)

In Short:
• Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract 36 Month (which may be extended up to five years)
• Work Hours: Full Time 40.0 hours per week
• The yearly gross salary for every Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Luxembourg is EUR 77167 (full time).

How to apply:
For more information, please follow the link below. There you will also find a link to make the application.
https://recruitment.uni.lu/en/details.html?id=QMUFK026203F3VBQB7V7VV4S8&nPostingID=80876&nPostingTargetID=119499&mask=karriereseiten&lg=UK