Fall 2026 PhD/Postdoctoral Opportunities in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the Unive[...]

Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Vancouver is seeking multiple PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to join a research group in Chemical and Biological Engineering. The role involves working on AI-driven platforms for sustainable environmental solutions, focusing on resource recovery and wastewater treatment. Applicants should hold a relevant degree and have a strong interest in data science and experimentation.

Benefits

Full financial support including tuition and stipend

Access to advanced experimental facilities

Collaboration opportunities with top universities

Vibrant research environment at UBC

Qualifications

• Candidates should have a B.S. or M.S. for graduate programs or a Ph.D. for postdoctoral positions.
• They should have research experience in fields related to Chemical or Environmental Engineering.
• Strong foundations in wet lab experimentation or mathematical modeling and programming are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Join the research group in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
• Contribute to resource recovery and wastewater treatment research.
• Develop AI-driven platforms for sustainable environmental solutions.

Skills

Research experience in resource recovery/wastewater treatment

Interest in optimization/data analysis/machine learning

Foundations in wet lab experimentation

Education

B.S./M.S. in Chemical or Environmental Engineering

Ph.D. for postdoctoral positions

Job description

Overview

Fall 2026 PhD/Postdoctoral Opportunities in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver)

Job Type

Graduate

Job Institution

University of British Columbia (Vancouver)

Job Description

Dr. Meiqi Yang is seeking multiple highly motivated PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to join her research group in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, starting in Fall 2026.

Yang Lab is at the forefront of resource recovery and wastewater treatment research, uniting artificial intelligence (AI) with advanced materials discovery and process engineering. Our mission is to develop AI-driven platforms that revolutionize resource recovery through intelligent, data-guided, and sustainable environmental solutions.

About the PI

The PI, Dr. Meiqi Yang (google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AQtPAhsAAAAJ&hl=en ; Personal website: https://meiqiyang53.github.io/ ), will join CHBE Depart. at UBC as an asst. professor in July 2026. Dr. Yang is currently a postdoc associate at Rice University, working with Dr. Menachem Elimelech, and earned her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Princeton University under the supervision of Dr. Zhiyong ( Jason ) Ren. Dr. Yang has published her work in top-tier journals, including Nature Water (cover), Environmental Science & Technology (cover), Nano Letters (cover), Science Advance, etc. and machine learning conferences.

We Offer

• Full financial support, including tuition, stipend, benefits.
• Access to state-of-the-art experimental facilities and several advanced GPU clusters.
• Opportunities to collaborate with top universities and industries.
• A vibrant research environment at UBC and the opportunity to enjoy the outstanding quality of life in Vancouver.

We Look for Candidates Who

• B.S./M.S. (for graduate programs) or Ph.D. (for postdoctoral positions) in Chemical or Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or related fields.
• Have interest or research experience in at least one of the following directions:
  • Resource recovery/wastewater treatment/life cycle assessment.
  • Optimization/data analysis/machine learning (generative models, physics-informed AI, prompt-engineering, etc.).
• Have strong foundations in wet lab experimentation OR mathematical modeling and programming.

Application Process

Interested candidates should reach out to PI Dr. Meiqi Yang ([e-mail]) with a detailed CV outlining academic achievements, research experience, and publications (if any). For more details on our graduate programs, please visit https://chbe.ubc.ca/graduate/.

We look forward to receiving your applications! Please put [APPLICATION] in the beginning of your email subject.