Research Fellowship: Green Fertilizers from Waste (Master)

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Coimbra

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EUR 15,000 - 16,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Monthly maintenance allowance

Personal accident insurance

Job summary

Universidade Politécnica de Coimbra invites applications for a Research Fellowship for a Master’s degree holder in Environmental or Chemical Engineering to work on the NUTREC4AGRI project, focusing on nutrient recovery and green fertilizer development. The fellowship is funded under COMPETE 2030 and ERDF, with a monthly maintenance allowance and insurance coverage.

The position is full-time (35 hours/week) starting 1 Jan 2027, with activities spanning prototype development, testing,

Qualifications

Hold a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a related field.
Candidates holding a higher education qualification obtained abroad must have their degree formally recognized, where applicable.
Be enrolled in a doctoral programme.
Have oral proficiency in Portuguese.
Have experience in laboratory work, teamwork or waste valorization processes.

Responsibilities

Development and testing of an efficient prototype combining electrodialysis, electro-oxidation and gas-permeable membranes.
Development of green fertilizers from solutions enriched in nutrients and organic compounds from agri-food by-products and livestock effluents.
Integrated assessment of the proposed solutions for valorization of agri-food by-products and livestock effluents as green fertilizers.
Dissemination, promotion and valorization of the results.
Project management and monitoring.