NOWELTIES: Joint PhD Laboratory for New Materials and Inventive Water Treatment Technologies is inviting applications for 14 post-graduate researchers (Early Stage Researchers – ESR). The project is funded by Marie Sklodowska Curie Action European Joint Doctorate (EJD) project (programme Innovative Training Networks (ITN) of Horizon 2020). Candidates should have a strong interest in (waste) water treatment and interdisciplinary research including bioprocesses for wastewater treatment, nanotechnology, and fate of organic and inorganic contaminants in engineered treatment systems.
Research areas:
- Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Hydrogeological Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Physics
Duration: 3 years
Starting date: September 1st, 2019
Eligibility:
- Candidates from all over the world may apply
- Mobility: at the time of the recruitment, the researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.), in the country of the chosen host institution (recruiting beneficiary) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the date of the recruitment.
- Research category of Early Stage Researcher (ESR): researchers who, at the time of the recruitment, have not yet been awarded a doctorate degree and are in the first 4 years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers, including the research training period that would entitle them to a doctorate.
How to apply
Applicants to send full application to nowelties@icra.cat indicating ref. “NOWELTIES” in the subject of the email consisting of:
- CV (Europass format recommended; Please specify your residence/work place in the last 3 years).
- University transcripts (grades)
- A statement letter addressing his/her research interests in relationship to the selected individual research project.
- Applicants should indicate two individual research projects in order of preference (1st and 2nd choice)
- 2 recommendation letters
Available projects with Host Intuition:
Position 1: Understanding biotransformation mechanisms of OMPs during anoxic biological wastewater treatment
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Position 2: Studying the bioavailability and biodegradability of OMPs during treatment
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Position 3: Coupling the new concept of sequential biofiltration with in situ electron acceptor delivery for enhanced OMP removal and effective attenuation of disinfection by-product precursors
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Position 4: Design, development and characterization of atmospheric plasma system for wastewater treatment
Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia
Position 5: Understanding transformation of OMPs during plasma treatment and its ecotoxicological implications
Catalan Institute for Water Research, Girona, Spain
Position 6: Application of UV LEDs AOPs for the efficient removal of OMPs from waste water
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb, Croatia
Position 7: Surface modification and functionalisation of adsorbent materials
Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia
Position 8: A green microwave – assisted synthesis of Au/TiO2/graphene oxide nano-hybrids for visible light-induced photocatalysis
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia
Position 9: Removal of OMPs by nanophotocatalysts and nanobiocatalysts immobilized into magnetic supports
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Position 10: Novel TiO2-based composite co-catalysts for solar driven water purification
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Zagreb, Croatia
Position 11: Studying the enhancement of the removal of OMPs from wastewater by adding powder activated carbon in an MBR
University of Ferrara, Italy
Position 12: Design of hybrid nano-engineered reductive bioprocesses for wastewater treatment and biogas generation
Catalan Institute for Water Research, Girona, Spain
Position 13: Development of hybrid treatment system by integrating nanocatalyst and adsorptive composites in situ in sequential biofiltration systems
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Position 14: Hybrid ozone-ceramic membrane process: increasing hydroxyl radical yield and OMP reduction while reducing membrane fouling
Catalan Institute for Water Research, Girona, Spain
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| Organization | Instituto Catalán de Investigación del Agua (ICRA)
Catalan Institute for Water Research |
| Country | Spain |
| Fellowship Level | Doctoral |
| Subject areas |
Chemistry, Chemical, Environmental, Hydrogeological, Materials Engineering, Biotechnology, Physics |
| Fellowship amount | As per MSCA rules |
| Eligibility | Open to all nationalities |
| Deadline | March 4th, 2019 |
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