Applications are encouraged for a Research Associate position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. The post is funded by the EPSRC-SFC scheme entitled “REducing Greenhouse gas emissions and ENgaging antibactErial Resistance in Anaerobic Treated Effluents (REGENERATE).” Led by Dr Po-Heng (Henry) Lee, REGENERATE is a joint project with Prof. Xinmin Zhan in the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG).
This project is to develop a new oxygen supply level and method of building zero carbon-emission wastewater treatment facilities which reduce both the production of greenhouse gasses and the antibiotic residues entering the water environment. The objectives of the project are:
- to optimise and understand the oxygen level and supply approach of the anammox-based process for TN removal, N2O emission reduction, pharmaceuticals degradation and antibiotic residues at a lab-scale and industrial-scale using meta-omics techniques;
- to perform the life cycle assessment, evaluate in-situ applications, the implication to the net GHG zero and antibiotic resistance plan.
This post will carry out research programmes in reducing N2O emission and antibacterial resistance in Anammox-based processes with digestate. You will undertake project management and supervise multi-disciplinary teams. You will also be encouraged to submit publications to refereed journals and to attract external research funding.
- PhD in Environmental Engineering or a closely related field or equivalent research, industrial or commercial experience,
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Practical experience within a research environment and / or publication in relevant and refereed journals,
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Experience in lab- or pilot-scale reactor design, set-up, and operation, preferably knowing the anammox-based process in these systems.
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Ability to design reactor with operation parameters set-up,
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Ability to conduct daily reactor operation with standard water and gas quality tests using GC and HPLC, especially commonly detected antibiotic in sewage.
Benefits
As Imperial College staff, in addition to a competitive salary and package of attractive terms and conditions of service, we offer many more benefits to enjoy. This includes career development tailored to your ambitions, an attractive pension scheme, and generous family leave packages. We have a flexible, supportive work environment and encourage you to achieve and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Further Information
This is a fixed term post for 36 months, with an estimated start date of 1 June 2023.
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Henry Lee by email at [email protected].
Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as a Research Assistant within the salary range £38,194 - £41,388 per annum.
Further information about the role is available in the job description.
Any queries regarding the application process should be addressed to Briony Webb at [email protected].
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation in the application and interview processes, in order to perform vital job functions, and that they receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/
The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level.
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We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
- Job Description Research Associate ENG02563.pdf