Bachelor’s Research Fellow: Microplastics in Wastewater

Unist; Alcáçovas; Remote; EUR 6,700 - 10,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Évora invites applications for a Bachelor’s Research Fellowship (BI - Lic) in Chemistry and Biochemistry. The position focuses on the phytoremediation of microplastics in treated urban wastewater, with six months duration, based in Évora, Portugal.

The candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team and gain experience in sample collection, analysis, and reporting. The scholarship supports training in microplastic identification, water analysis, and spectroscopy, with emphasis

Qualifications

• Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Environment, Biochemistry or Environmental Chemistry.
• Experience in microplastics identification and characterization is expected.
• English language skills are desirable (reading, writing, speaking).

Responsibilities

• Collect and physicochemically characterize wastewater samples before and after phytoremediation.
• Filter wastewater to retain microplastics prior to analysis.
• Digest organic matter to detect microplastics after treatment.
• Characterize microplastics by binocular magnifier for abundance, shape and color.
• Identify MPs by SEM and FTIR/micro-FTIR for chemical composition.

Skills

microplastics knowledge

optical microscopy

infrared microspectroscopy

teamwork

English language

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry/Environment/Biochemistry

Tools

FTIR spectroscopy

Infrared microspectroscopy

SEM

Optical microscope

Job description

University of Évora invites applications for a Bachelor’s Research Fellowship (BI - Lic) in Chemistry and Biochemistry. The position focuses on the phytoremediation of microplastics in treated urban wastewater, with six months duration, based in Évora, Portugal.

The candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team and gain experience in sample collection, analysis, and reporting. The scholarship supports training in microplastic identification, water analysis, and spectroscopy, with emphasis