BEMÆRK: Ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
Are you a highly competent, ambitious, and hard-working scientist wanting to excel in the exciting field of gas fermentation in one of the best foundations and collaboration schemes to accomplish this? Then this position is for you.
At DTU Chemical Engineering, a PhD position is available in the frame of a research project funded by DTU as a strategic PhD. The project is in close collaboration with DTU Construct (Associate Professor Lasse Røngaard Clausen), and Stiesdal SkyClean A/S (Chief Engineer Dr. Jesper Ahrenfeldt) and the main task will be to optimize biomethanation of pyrolysis gas from laboratory to pilot scale including process digitalization and sustainability.
Responsibilities and tasks
Your overall focus will be to contribute to strengthening the department’s competences within gas fermentation technology. You will work with nearby colleagues and academic partners in Denmark as well as abroad. Your primary tasks will be:
- Setting-up gas fermentation systems at lab and pilot scale.
- Cultivating, enriching and adapting mixed microbial consortia on pyrolysis gas.
- Optimizing methane productivity based on pyrolysis gas composition.
- Developing a process digital twin, that will combine reactor hydraulics, biofilm development and mass transfer phenomena with an already developed biological model for CO2, CO and H2 biomethanation.
- Performing sustainability and technoeconomic analysis of combined pyrolysis and biomethanation plants.
- Being a teaching assistant in BSc and MSc courses and co-supervising BSc and MSc student projects.
Qualifications
In accordance with the abovementioned, you should have qualifications within several of the following areas:
- Handling of pure and mixed microbial cultures under anaerobic conditions.
- Operating bioreactors in batch and/or continuous mode with suspended and/or attached growth (biofilm).
- Experience in gas fermentation.
- Experience in modeling biological processes.
- Experience in use of process simulation tools such as Matlab, Aquasim, Superpro Designer, Aspen or similar.
Expertise within fermentation technology and/or gas fermentation should be documented with the Master/Bachelor thesis and/or relevant publications in international journals.
The project and co-supervision of the PhD student will be in close collaboration with personnel enrolled at DTU Chemical Engineering. Availability for a highly active period, openness, and willingness for a fruitful collaboration is a prerequisite. Ideally, you should be available to start the PhD project in Autumn 2024.
You must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree.
Approval and Enrolment
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about our enrolment requirements and the general planning of the PhD study programme, please see DTU's rules for the PhD education
.
Assessment
The assessment of the applicants will be made by an evaluation committee headed by Associate Professor Ioannis V. Skiadas.
We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.
Salary and appointment terms
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 period of employment is 3 years. We are aiming for a starting date in October 2024. The position is a full-time position.
You can read more about career paths at DTU here http://www.dtu.dk/english/about/job-and-career/working-at-dtu/career-paths.
Further information
Further information may be obtained from Associate Professor Ioannis V. Skiadas, ivsk@kt.dtu.dk
.
You can read more about DTU Chemical Engineering at www.kt.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
. Furthermore, you have the option of joining our monthly free seminar “PhD relocation to Denmark and startup “Zoom” seminar
” for all questions regarding the practical matters of moving to Denmark and working as a PhD at DTU.
Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 7 August 2024 (23:59 Danish time)
. You are also encouraged to apply well before the deadline as we evaluate the applications on a continuous basis.
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:
- A letter motivating the application (cover letter).
- Curriculum vitae.
- Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale.
You may apply prior to obtaining your master's degree but cannot begin before having received it.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion, or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.
This position will be placed in Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, in Pilot Plant center. Our large Pilot Plant resides in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at DTU. It is a cross-functional matrix organization serving its approx. 300 employees and many students. Besides education and research, we support the development of innovative and cost-efficient processes for production of chemicals, materials and biofuels from biomasses, industrial effluents and off-gases. We consider us to be a world class chemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical pilot plant with more than 700 m2 pilot hall area and a 500 m2 expansion project in progress. The existing facility collects more than 30 industrial scale pilot plant set-ups representing all chemical and biochemical unit operations and is supported by our associated laboratories and our skilled workshop.
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.
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Anker Engelunds Vej, 2800 Kongens Lyngby
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 07-08-2024; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
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