PhD - Development and optimisation of separation processes for heavy rare earths

Chalmers University

Gothenburg, Sweden

Description

The Industrial Materials Recycling group, included into the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, carries out research in material recycling and development of new recycling methods. Current projects concern recovery of metals from spent batteries, CIGS solar cells, low energy lamps, flat screens, paint residues and waste combustion ash. The group consists of 5 senior scientists, 4 postdocs and 10 PhD students and works together with the Nuclear Chemistry group which means a good availability of advanced analytical methods.

Project: "Development and optimisation of separation processes for heavy rare earths". Objectives: Development of extractants for solvent extraction separation of heavy rare earths from magnet leachates & Development and assessment of new environmentally friendly extractants for REE separation.

Your major responsibilities as PhD student is to pursue your own doctoral studies. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research verbally and in writing, both in Swedish and in English. The position generally also includes teaching on Chalmers' undergraduate level or performing other duties corresponding to 20 per cent of working hours.

To carry out the research project assigned to him/her To take the compulsory courses of PhD students at Chalmers and additional doctoral courses corresponding to 30 points for a licentiate degree and 60 points for a PhD degree.To take part in the activities of the EREAN network. To carry out the secondment periods indicated in the project descriptions.To take part in the teaching and departmental duties as our other doctoral students.

Requirements

To qualify as a PhD student, you must have a master's level degree corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. The applicant for ESR8 should be strong in organic chemistry, synthesis and analytical methods.

The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in Swedish and English. If Swedish is not your native language, you should be able to teach in Swedish after two years. Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

English language: It is a requirement that network fellows will show that their ability to understand and express themselves in both written and spoken English is sufficiently high for them to derive the full benefit from the networktraining.

Conditions of international mobility of researchers: Researchers are required to undertake trans-national mobility (i.e. move from one country to another) when taking up the appointment. At the time of selection by the host organisation, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment. Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account.

More information and applications

The application should be marked with Ref 20130267 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:

Application: (Please name the appendix in the e-recruitment system as: APPLICATION, Surname, reference number)

− CV, include complete list of publications,

− Previous teaching and pedagogical experiences,

− Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.

− Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter/Qualifications 1-3 pages where you introduce yourself present your qualifications and describe your future research plans.

− Previous research fields and main research results.

− Future goals and research focus. Is there any specific projects and research issues you are primarily interested in?

Other: 

− Copies of bachelor or master’s thesis.

− Attested copies of completed education, grades and other certificates.

Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).

Application deadline: 2013-11-13

For questions, please contact:

Britt-Marie Steenari, professor, Industrial Materials Recycling, bms@chalmers.se, +46 31 7722890 or +46 730 794201

Mark Foreman, Docent, same division, foreman@chalmers.se, +46 772 2928

Teodora Retegan, Dr, same division as above, tretegan@chalmers.se, +46 772 2881

Christian Ekberg, professor, same division, che@chalmers.se, +46 31 7722801

Applications: http://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/vacancies/Pages/default.aspx?rmpage=job&rmjob=1592