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Professor in Advanced Electrochemistry in Environmental and Resource Engineering - DTU Sustain
Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Job Description

Are you the talented and passionate candidate looking for a unique opportunity to lead groundbreaking research and education that addresses critical environmental issues through cutting-edge environmental electrochemistry solutions? Here is the chance! We invite highly qualified applications for a Full Professor of Environmental Electrochemistry at one of the world’s leading university departments in environmental engineering. The professorship is a part of the section for Water Process and Technology and is expected to interact closely with the other section members, as well as faculty from other DTU departments and other universities. DTU Sustain operates at the forefront of scientific innovation, delivering sustainable solutions to address significant societal challenges in water treatment, resource recovery, and climate change.

DTU Sustain is at the forefront of pioneering research in environmental electrochemistry and technology, with a focus on sustainable practices such as water treatment, resource recovery, and addressing climate change. The environmental electrochemistry and technology group has established strong competence in these fields and gained global recognition for pioneering work.

Responsibilities and qualifications
Your overall focus will be to strengthen DTU Sustain’s competencies within the fields of environmental electrochemistry. Current topics in the group are electrochemical resource recovery and water treatment, electrochemical remediation, electrosynthesis for carbon capture and conversion, cell-material electrochemical interactions, the fate, impacts and removal of microplastics and emerging pollutants in electrochemical processes, electromethanogenesis and power-to-protein, electrochemical sensor for monitoring of water pollutants such as ammonium and volatile fatty acids. Your expertise can contribute to further developing these research topics and potentially add new relevant topics.

You will work with nearby colleagues, students, public authorities, consultants, and both academic and industrial partners in Denmark as well as abroad. 

Employment implies original research, education and innovation activities at the highest international level within one or more of the following research themes:

• Electrochemical remediation, resource recovery and water treatment 
• Integration of electrochemistry with advanced redox processes for water treatment
• Advanced electrocatalytic material and reactor design
• Electrosynthesis
• Electrochemical sensors 
• Electrochemistry of microorganisms 

The evaluation process places a key emphasis on the candidate's potential to contribute to the group and achieve world-class performance in these areas. 

We expect you to have a solid Danish and/or international platform and a strong background or experience in the topics. Your primary tasks will be, in collaboration with the group, to:

• Perform research at an international level in the cross-field of water, materials, climate change, energy, and sustainability.
• Build up, develop, and contribute with new experimental approaches and methods (electrochemical analysis, laboratory experimentation, data interpretation)
• Contribute to research in the section and with colleagues in related research groups and sections (e.g., advanced materials, circularity and environmental impacts, climate and monitoring)
• Consolidate the competence of the group in the following fields:
  • Understanding the mechanisms and material-cell interactions for the next generation of environmental electrochemistry 
  • Elucidating the impacts, fate and transformation of emerging water pollutants (e.g., microplastic and PFAS) in environmental electrochemical processes and systems.
  • Developing novel and sustainable electrocatalytic technologies for more efficient water treatment, resources and energy recovery, environmental remediation, and carbon conversion and control of GHG emissions in the water context. 
  • Fabricating advanced electrocatalytic electrodes and materials 
  • Exploiting novel biohybrid catalysts in electrosynthesis 
  • Advancing electrochemical sensors research for water quality monitoring
  • Investigating the scalability potential of environmental electrocatalytic technologies.
• Provide public sector consultancy to inform decision-making with regard to environmental electrochemistry applications.
• Teach and supervise BSc and MSc student projects and be a supervisor for PhD students covering a broad range of water related topics.
• Explore innovation opportunities for sustainable technologies which enable fundamental changes to the way we perform water treatment and manage resources. Specifically we expect you to spearhead our innovation efforts within the area to foster spin-out, collaboration with private sectors and drive innovation projects at national and international levels.

You are expected to take a lead role in teaching at the BEng, BSc, MSc and PhD levels.

DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Documented experience and quality of teaching and curriculum development
• Research impact and experience, funding track record and research vision
• International impact and experience 
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Salary and terms of employment 
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. 

The position is a full-time and the desired starting date is 1st August 2024.

Further information 
Further information may be obtained from Head of Section, Dr. Wenjing (Angela) Zhang ([email protected]), tel.: +45 4525 1630.

You can read more about DTU Sustain at https://sustain.dtu.dk/

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark . 

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 26 April 2024 (23:59 Danish time).

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link “Apply now”, fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter) addressed to the President
• Vision for teaching and research 
• CV including employment history, list of publications indicating scientific highlights, H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/ )
• Teaching portfolio  including documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)

You can learn more about the recruitment process here .

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

DTU Sustain is one of the largest university departments specializing in environmental and resource engineering in Europe. We are working to develop new environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, methods and solutions, and to disseminate this knowledge to society and future generations of engineers.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 3406
• Job Category VIP A
• Posting Date 04/04/2024, 04:01 AM
• Apply Before 04/26/2024, 05:59 PM
• Locations Brovej, Kgs. Lyngby, 2800, DK

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