Postdoctoral researcher (Food Chemistry) 1116 views

The Laboratory of Food Biochemistry at the Department of Health Science and Technology at ETH Zurich is inviting application for a Postdoctoral researcher (Food Chemistry).

About the project:

• The selected candidate will have his/her research career in the multidisciplinary area of (bio)chemical aspects related to healthy and sustainable foods.
• Research topics in the group range from composition of health promoting substances in plant-based foods, influence of genetics on composition of fibres and phytochemicals in grains, bioactive properties of modified fibres and phytochemicals, molecular interactions between dietary fibres and small molecules etc.

Requirements:

• Applications are open to a highly motivated student with good skills in chemical analysis and solid understanding of food processing and food systems.
• In particular experience in mass spectrometry and other advanced analytical techniques is considered a benefit, in addition to the other standard analytical techniques (HPLC, GC, UV/Vis, NMR, FT-IR, measurements of physical properties).
• Expertise in food processing and technology in general is considered an advantage.
• Applicants should be motivated and must have a PhD degree in food chemistry, food sciences, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, applied biochemistry, or a related subject.
• Applicant must possess excellent English language skills, the ability to carry out research in an interdisciplinary and international environment, skillls to supervise undergraduate students, and a strong desire to disseminate the results in conference talks and journal articles.

Application:

Apply online and application must be with the following documents:

• CV, including full list of publications
• PDF file of Doctoral thesis (if the file size is too large, a link to the thesis can be added to the publication list)
• Academic transcript of studies
• Two page statement on motivation, past research experience and research interests and vision (in English)
• Contact details of three academics who may be contacted for references