PhD Position: Electrode materials for chemical-free water treatment

Edusail Abroad; Groningen; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

End-of-year bonus

Job summary

Edusail Abroad in the Netherlands invites applications for a four-year PhD position (promovendus) focused on advanced electrode materials for cleaner water purification. You will join a consortium with five PhD researchers across Twente, Delft, Wageningen, Copenhagen and Groningen, collaborating with FrieslandCampina, Shell, Nobian and Ecolab.

Eligibility includes a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Chemistry, and excellent English skills.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (or equivalent university degree) in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry or a related discipline.
• Tests: Excellent written and oral English is required.

Responsibilities

• Write papers and present at conferences as part of the PhD research.
• Approximately 10% teaching and student supervision will be part of the role.

Education

Master's degree in Chemical Engineering / Materials Science / Chemistry or related discipline

Job description

Many factories add chemicals to treat water or separate substances, and those chemicals then have to be removed again at a high cost in energy and money. The ECO project tries to avoid this by using electric fields and local pH changes right next to electrodes, so the right conditions are created only where they are needed. In this post Will make and test advanced electrode materials and electrochemical cell parts for cleaner water purification, and study how material surfaces and interfaces drive the reactions. Will join a consortium of five PhD researchers at Twente, TU Delft, Wageningen, Copenhagen and Groningen, with companies such as FrieslandCampina, Shell, Nobian and Ecolab. The role includes writing papers, presenting at conferences and about 10% teaching and student supervision.

Eligibility: Master's degree (or equivalent university degree) in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry or a related discipline, e.g. M.Tech/ME Chemical Engineering or M.Sc Chemistry/Materials Science.

Tests: Excellent written and oral English is required

Pay: EUR 3,204 - 4,051 gross per month (promovendus scale), plus 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus

Duration: 4 years (1-year contract, renewable for 3 more years)