The University of Birmingham is a world-class research-led institution. This project is based across the Schools of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy & Materials. Together, we offer a supportive working environment, outstanding facilities, and key opportunities for professional development across this two-year project.
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to support the University of Birmingham's contribution to the Horizon Europe funded project ECOFUNC, which strives to develop sustainable construction materials and circular end-of-life solutions. This role will support research aimed at creating an environmentally benign recycling pathway for PHA-based construction panels, a new class of biodegradable composite materials developed within the project. While these materials are designed to biodegrade, true circularity requires recovering their chemical value rather than allowing them to enter a linear waste pathway.
This project builds on recent laboratory breakthroughs demonstrating rapid hydrolysis of PHA materials under mild conditions and aims to translate these findings into an industrially relevant recycling process. The work will investigate the relationship between feedstock format, reaction conditions, and product yield through systematic experimentation and kinetic analysis. Harnessing this experimental data, the PDRA will also develop a concept design for a commercial recycling facility using process modelling tools to support environmental and techno-economic assessments carried out in other ECOFUNC work packages.
Role Summary:
Main Duties:
Person Specification:
Tagged as: Life Sciences
Research Fellow (Training Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience) We are now inviting applications for a post-doctoral training Fellowship under the guidance...
ApplyPostdoctoral Research Associate in Chemical Biology and Synthetic Biology Chemistry Research Laboratory, OX1 3TA The Qing Laboratory at Oxford is...
ApplyResearch Fellow Position School of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK...
ApplyResearch Fellow The Lung Cancer Prevention Laboratory, run by Dr Deborah Caswell is situated within UCL Respiratory, a department within...
ApplyResearch Fellow in Energy Systems Modelling UCL Energy Institute – Our aim is to help to build a globally sustainable...
ApplyClinical Research Fellow We are seeking an outstanding and highly motivated Clinical Research Fellow to join the internationally recognized UCL...
ApplyPlease visit edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com.
Don't forget to mention that you found the position on jobRxiv!
