Preselection process for research contract at the ECOPOLYVER project

Brief work description

- Performance of a techno-economic analysis (TEA) to assess the viability of the process from an economic perspective and promote the industrial full-scale implementation of the technology.

- Environmental evaluation using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology to define, among the studied process options (selected feedstock, operational conditions, extraction protocol, EoL, etc.), the best alternative from an environmental point of view.

- Integration of the knowledge obtained from the previous steps by the development of a methodology that supports the decision-making process to optimise the selection of the valuable product that could be potentially obtained from a residual stream generated by a certain producer. By doing so, the framework for a sustainable and smart science-oriented waste management and process design can be established.

- Candidates must have a bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Biotechnology, or similar.

- Candidates with a master level degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biotechnology, or similar will be highly valued.

- Candidates skilled in TEA as well as scaling up of bioprocesses will be highly valued.

- Candidates skilled in LCA or related evaluation tools will be highly valued.

- Experience in wastewater and solid waste valorisation processes will be also highly valued.