Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Associate, or Assistant in Process Engineering and (Electro) Chemical... (# of pos: 2)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Associate, or Assistant in Process Engineering and (Electro) Chemical Engineering

Description

Department of Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering

National Institute of Chemistry

Hajdrihova 19 SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Basic and applied research of the National Institute of Chemistry are oriented towards fields which are of long-term importance to the world: environmental protection, structural and theoretical chemistry, analytical chemistry, materials research, and chemical engineering, through which the institute is in line with the needs of the domestic chemical, pharmaceutical, tire, and food industries. The work of the Institute is also in line with the priority thematic areas of the EU Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020, which places an emphasis on, nanotechnology, quality and safety of food, as well as nutrition, sustainable development, and global change.

You can find more information about the institute and laboratory at http://www.ki.si/en/ and https://www.ki.si/en/departments/d13-department-of-catalysis-and-chemical-reaction-engineering/ , respectively.

National Institute of Chemistry is offering a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Associate, or Assistant (m/f) for a period of 4 years (starting in March 2022 or later, if desired by a selected candidate) with the possibility of shortening/extension, if desired. The trial employment period is 1 year.

Content of work:

The department is offering a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position within the framework of a positively-evaluated Horizon Europe project, involving several leading industrial partners and academic institutions. The content of the project includes (among others) the development of a pilot plant demonstrating a continuous operation of a chemical (catalytic) reactor, electrolyser, (reactive)-distillation and absorption columns for a catalytic conversion of greenhouse gases into value-added chemicals. For the project-related tasks and subtasks several postdoctoral assistant positions are now open.

Candidates should have experience in process engineering (both design and operation) where a desired expertise should be in the catalytic, ionic and electrochemical conversion and process intensification (by sorption or reactive distillation) on an intermediate-laboratory to a small-pilot scale.

We invite applicants with a PhD degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry or related areas who have worked scientifically or in private sector using the above-described technologies and are proficient in using high-pressure equipment and analytic methods (GCMS, MS, FTIR, NMR). Experience in the field of oil and gas refining or demonstrated ability to construct of the (lab/pilot scale) equipment are highly welcome and beneficial. Additionally skills and experiences in technical drawings, mathematical modelling, programming and process simulations (Solidworks, Aspen, Matlab, Python) are beneficial.

Candidates should be prepared to work as a member of the team, should be reliable, motivated, independent and imaginative. Candidates should preferably exhibit past knowledge in project preparation, management and execution in general, not related to the current project at hand. Mastering of both spoken and written English is required, and may be presented through language skill certificates or the application-enclosed publications (preferably first-authored).

Please send your application referring to this open position by e-mail ([email protected] ), enclosing:

• CV (explaining the scientific and research background with regard to the open position, including copies of university certificates),
• bibliography (rendering the most position-relevant references in bold),
• a list of employed/mastered experimental and in/silico techniques for the above-described tasks (operation and design of the equipment, electrolysis, catalysis, chemical reaction engineering, downstream processing (distillation, absorption), process intensification and optimisation, analytics; and self-grade them from 1 to 5, 5 being the mastering of a technique, and 1 being a novice for this specific technique).

The closing date for this application is 10 February 2022, unless a perfectly suitable candidate is obtained before this deadline.

Number of positions available: 2

Research Fields

Process Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Chemistry

Catalysis

Greenhouse gases conversion

Pilot scale

Electrolysis

Absorption and (reactive) distillation

Career Stage

Experienced (postdoctoral) researcher – existing postdoctoral research experience is desired, but not obligatory.

Research Profile

Recognised Researcher (R1)

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Established Researcher (R3)