Phd Student Position Within Wwsc: Lignin Chemistry And Its Engineering
Chalmers Tekniska Högskola AB / Högskolejobb / Göteborg
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hela Sverige Visa alla jobb hos Chalmers Tekniska Högskola AB i Göteborg Lignin is the second-largest resource component derived from wood. This often underutilized resource can be harnessed to produce a range of valuable bioproducts from plastics to nanopartiles to carbon materials, playing pivotal roles in the biorefinery process. We are actively seeking a motivated Ph.D. student to join an interdisciplinary group in Forest products and Chemical engineering, primarily focusing on the valorization of lignin resources. In this project, the Ph.D. student will work on the development of green chemical ways to obtain versatile and uniform lignin building blocks, which can then be converted into advanced renewable materials, specifically polymeric foams. This project will be performed in a highly collaborative set-up within Chalmers and Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC).
Information about the division and the department
Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC) is a research center striving for scientific excellence with a focus on new materials from trees. The center creates knowledge and builds competence for an innovative and sustainable future value creation from forest raw materials. WWSC is a multidisciplinary collaboration between KTH, Chalmers, and Linköping University. The base is a donation from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and the forest industry is supporting WWSC via the national platform Treesearch.
At the Forest Products and Chemical Engineering in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, we have a long tradition of multidisciplinary approach to valorization of forest biomass ranging from chemistry and technology of traditional pulping processes to novel routes of separating, fractionating and functionalizing forest biomass components in the spirit of biorefinery and biomaterials development. Extensive collaborations with forest industry and WWSC strengthen the collaborative environment and facilitate access to extensive research infrastructure.
This project focuses on green chemical engineering techniques for converting heterogeneous lignin into versatile and uniform lignin building blocks, followed by the development of polymeric foams. A critical aspect of this work involves structural characterization (e.g., molecular weight and chemical functional groups). The utilization of quantitative structure-property relationship modelling will be an integrated part in this work. The project may also encompass a comprehensive life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impacts of obtained materials. WWSC provides a network for collaboration with other researchers who are experts in different areas.
Major responsibilities
As a Ph.D. student, the main part of your working time will be devoted to your research project, where you will be responsible for planning, performing experiments, and evaluating your experimental work. You will also be expected to communicate your results in different settings, from meetings with supervisors and collaborators to presentations at the research division and international conferences. Moreover, you will be expected to develop your scientific writing skills by authoring articles for publication in scientific journals.
You will also contribute to teaching on the undergraduate level by leading and supervising laboratory sessions, projects and tutorials, corresponding up to 20% of your time. You will be dedicated to courses related to your research field and general academic skills/knowledge. As a member of the Wallenberg Wood Science Center, you are also obligated to participate in the Wallenberg Wood Science Center Academy courses and activities, which take place at different locations in Sweden and the Nordic Countries.
Qualifications
The successful candidate needs to have a Master's degree in Material Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or equivalent. Laboratory experience in organic chemistry, biomass processing, analytic chemistry, and materials processing, as well as experience in multidisciplinary work, are meritorious. Good communication skills in English and good collaboration skills are required for this project.
To qualify as a PhD student, you must have a master's level degree corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits in a relevant field.
The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in English. If Swedish is not your native language, Chalmers offers Swedish courses.
Contract terms
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years.
For more information about what we offer and the application procedure, please visit Chalmers webpage.
See link: PhD student position within WWSC: lignin chemistry and its engineering
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Arbetsgivare Chalmers Tekniska Högskola AB (org.nr 556479-5598)
Jobbnummer 8147003
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