Postdoctoral Fellow: Thermal Waste Treatment (Analytical Chemistry) 935 views

Paul Scherrer Institut is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow for its SNF project “Towards Understanding the Fate of Nano-Objects in Thermal Waste Treatment Processes: Development of Analytical Methods for Element & Particle-Size Analysis of Aerosols and Suspensions (EPSA-NanoWaste). The project is Analytical methods for suspensions using the hyphenated technique single particle ICP-MS.

Tasks:

• Investigation of TWT (Thermal Waste Treatment) model samples by the SMPS-ICP-MS technique for dry aerosols in order to study the thermally generated nano-objects containing metal species and the relationship between their chemical composition and their particle size distribution
• Study of the formation of secondary nano-objects containing metal species during a TWT process
• Characterization of nano-objects in TWT solid residues, effluent and liquid-quenched samples from a TWT plant/process using SMPS-ICPMS and sp-ICPMS
• Using and adapting analytical methods for process gas analysis
• Performing standard analyses of solids and liquids
• Supporting pilot scale measurement campaigns (in house and in the field)
• Supporting lectures and/or excursions
• Supervision of Master and PhD students

Requirements:

• PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry or in a related subject
• Good knowledge of English, knowledge of German and/or French is an advantage
• Teamplayer
• Experience in elemental analysis and/or particle measurements would be advantageous
• Good knowledge in analytical chemistry and/or aerosol science is considered as a plus

Duration: limited to 2-3 years

Applications:

Submit application online including:

• List of publications
• Addresses of referees
• index no. 5103-00